Galilea

What Galilea means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Galilea yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1993, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Galilea?

US: Steady: #636 in 2015, #647 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2016, when 594 girls got the name (#525 that year). First in the US records in 1993.

How common

• About 1 in 3,604 baby girls in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.28 per 1,000 girls), TX (0.9 per 1,000 girls), CA (0.8 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Galilea is #647 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Galilea were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Galileah17 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Galilea

Girls

• Kennedy#85“head + ugly”^*
• Emerson#122Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Zoe#31Variant of Zoë, meaning “life”^*
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*

For a brother

• Jonah#128“dove”^*
• Griffin#222Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #222 vs #1,035 in 2025
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Jack#15Short form of John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Noah#2Editor’s note Steady in the US: #1 in 2015 and #2 in 2025. About 1 in 84 US boys in the 2025 records
• Avery#291Editor’s note Down from #188 in 2015 to #291 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Galilea’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.