Gia

What Gia means

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

Editor’s note Up from #372 in 2015 to #287 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Gia?

US: Rising: up from #372 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #942 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 1,195 girls got the name (#268 that year). First in the US records in 1957.

How common

• About 1 in 1,504 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,645 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,789 baby girls in Scotland 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 NJ (1.8 per 1,000 girls), CT (1.3 per 1,000 girls), NY (1.19 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Gia is #287 in the US and #293 in England & Wales (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 Gia were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jia112 US · 18 E&W
• Jiah37 US · 3 E&W
• Jaia31 US
• Joia11 US
• Giah10 US
• Gio9 US
• Gea5 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 Gia

Girls

• Elaina#267Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #267 vs #951 in 2025
• Luciana#273Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #273 vs #1,809 in 2025
• Azaria#638Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1988, with 6 babies
• Ximena#183Basque, meaning “son”^*
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Bella#136Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*

For a brother

• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Alessandro#497Italian form of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Maximo#580Editor’s note Up from #853 in 2015 to #580 in 2025 in the US
• Sebastian#16“august, venerable, exalted”^*
• Giovanni#123Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Gia’s. Rank is US 2025.