Galilea
Galilea was the 647th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 446 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 525th with 594 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 11 places. More babies were named Galilea in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning Galilee (Spanish) · Spanish, Hebrew
Say it gah-lee-LAY-uh /ɡɑliˈleɪə/
- Rank in 2025
- #647 girls, up 60 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 446girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2016594 babies
- Total since 1880
- 9,309babies recorded
What does the name Galilea mean?
Galilea is the Spanish and Italian name for Galilee, the hilly region of northern Israel known from the Gospels. Wiktionary's Dutch entry traces the place name through Medieval Latin Galilea and Greek Galilaia to Hebrew galil. In Spanish it is stressed on the next-to-last syllable, gah-lee-LEH-ah. As a girls' name Galilea is recent in the US, where records show it from 1993.
גָּלִיל (Biblical Hebrew, “Galil (source of the place name)”)Γαλιλαία (Ancient Greek, “Galilee”)
How sure is this? Probable. The place-name chain is from Wiktionary; it does not gloss the Hebrew word.
Related names: Galilee, Galila.
See also: Hebrew names, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Galilea' (Spanish section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Galilea' (Dutch section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Galilea popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #647 | 446 |
| 2020 | #707 | 396 |
| 2010 | #1,200 | 202 |
| 2000 | #1,383 | 135 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Galilea, counting every spelling?
Galilea is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #593 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #647 for Galilea on its own. Together these spellings went to 503 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galilea | 446 | #647 | 2,117 |
| Galilee | 40 | #3,735 | 242 |
| Galileah | 17 | #6,631 | 87 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Galilea?
446 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Galilea (0.12 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Galilea born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 19 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Galilea.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Galilea?
About 9,200 people born in the US named Galilea are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 6 and 19. That makes Galilea a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Galilea by state
How common Galilea was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (2.9×), Texas (2.8×), Oregon (2.1×), Arizona (1.9×), Colorado (1.7×). In 24 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Galilea: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Galilea, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Galilea · Sibling names for Galilea
Questions about the name Galilea
What does Galilea mean?
Galilea means “Galilee (Spanish)” (Spanish, Hebrew origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Galilea?
Galilea was the 647th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 446 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 525th with 594 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 11 places. More babies were named Galilea in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Galilea a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Galilea in the US.
Where is Galilea most popular?
In 2021–2025, Galilea was most common in California (0.76 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Oregon.