Gila
Girl · GEE-luh · Hebrew
Gila is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “joy”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Gila mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew gila
“joy”
A modern Israeli name, related to the boy's name Gil, also meaning joy.
- Say it
- GEE-luh
Is Gila a girl's or a boy's name?
Gila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gila in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 7 girls.
Gila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Gila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Gila, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1973, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the girls named Gila in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,557 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
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