Gia
#287 for girls in 2025, 1,069 births · Last seen for boys in 1978 at #5,772
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2022 · 1,183 births
- Debut · girls
- 18 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 22,695since 1957
Gia over time
Rank among girls' names. Gia has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #287 | 1,069 | — | |
| 2024 | #268 | 1,195 | — | |
| 2023 | #269 | 1,163 | — | |
| 2022 | #267 | 1,183 | — | |
| 2021 | #277 | 1,141 | — | |
| 2020 | #331 | 938 | — | |
| 2019 | #411 | 762 | — | |
| 2018 | #387 | 803 | — | |
| 2017 | #401 | 783 | — | |
| 2016 | #374 | 873 | — | |
| 2015 | #372 | 879 | — | |
| 2014 | #367 | 887 | — | |
| 2013 | #349 | 933 | — | |
| 2012 | #333 | 938 | — | |
| 2011 | #299 | 1,057 | — | |
| 2010 | #390 | 814 | — | |
| 2009 | #596 | 507 | — | |
| 2008 | #714 | 417 | — | |
| 2007 | #658 | 449 | — | |
| 2006 | #633 | 454 | — | |
| 2005 | #727 | 372 | — | |
| 2004 | #753 | 348 | — | |
| 2003 | #753 | 330 | — | |
| 2002 | #744 | 326 | — | |
| 2001 | #755 | 318 | — | |
| 2000 | #946 | 225 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,023 | 199 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,105 | 174 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,659 | 47 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,340 | 56 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,189 | 61 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,255 | 58 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,090 | 65 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,513 | 50 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,034 | 67 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,952 | 70 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,910 | 68 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,738 | 73 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,024 | 55 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,770 | 65 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,975 | 55 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,414 | 82 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,629 | 68 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,525 | 78 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,549 | 77 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,552 | 75 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,645 | 68 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,332 | 90 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #1,275 | 93 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,602 | 62 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,498 | 68 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,284 | 83 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,374 | 72 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,012 | 116 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,000 | 125 | — | |
| 1970 | #827 | 166 | — | |
| 1969 | #728 | 192 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,031 | 101 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,081 | 93 | — | |
| 1966 | #872 | 132 | — | |
| 1965 | #966 | 113 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,334 | 71 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,233 | 79 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,444 | 59 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,568 | 52 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,764 | 41 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,516 | 51 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,630 | 43 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,727 | 18 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Gia! It came in at #2,727, and was given to 18 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1957, when fewer than 19 girls a year got the name.
Where Gia is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#650 · 1 in 5,661
- Pennsylvania#858 · 1 in 9,987
- Illinois#1,049 · 1 in 10,529
- New York#1,132 · 1 in 11,405
- California#1,699 · 1 in 20,767
Best ever in a state: #47 in Rhode Island, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #650 | 8 | 1 in 5,661 |
| Pennsylvania | #858 | 7 | 1 in 9,987 |
| Illinois | #1,049 | 7 | 1 in 10,529 |
| New York | #1,132 | 10 | 1 in 11,405 |
| California | #1,699 | 11 | 1 in 20,767 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Gia
- 19 spots since 2024 (#268 → #287)
- 44 spots since 2020 (#331 → #287)
- 85 spots since 2015 (#372 → #287)
- Biggest jump: 368 spots in 1965 (#1,334 → #966)
- Biggest drop: 209 spots in 1967 (#872 → #1,081)
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 2022 at #267 (1,183 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 2000–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,356 girls born in 2024 were named Gia (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,504 girls born in 2025 (0.07%)
- Its best rank, #267 in 2022, was only 1 in 1,386 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 38.5% of all girls named Gia (8,729) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 112 | #1,516 (1959) | #1,958 |
| 1960s | 933 | #728 (1969) | #1,202 |
| 1970s | 943 | #827 (1970) | #1,285 |
| 1980s | 696 | #1,414 (1984) | #1,709 |
| 1990s | 847 | #1,023 (1999) | #2,016 |
| 2000s | 3,746 | #596 (2009) | #728 |
| 2010s | 8,729 | #299 (2011) | #368 |
| 2020s | 6,689 | #267 (2022) | #283 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gia in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 24,395 of them was named Gia, which outranked 87.5% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,722Tarra74
- #1,722Tashia74
- #1,722Violeta74
- #1,738Gia73
- #1,738Charli73
- #1,738Courtnee73
- #1,738Jamee73
- #1,757Alyshia72
- #1,757Analisa72
- #1,757Dalila72
Tied with 18 names at #1,738; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.