Gaia
Gaia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 210 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2100.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2023218 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1980
- 2,274people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,274 girls have been named Gaia in the United States since 1980, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 218 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2020s alone account for 43%.
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Gaia was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2023 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Gaia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Aspynpeak 2022
- Hollynpeak 2024
- Keilanipeak 2022
- Alanipeak 2022
- Alarapeak 2024
- Alayapeak 2020
- Elorapeak 2024
- Ailapeak 2021
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.