How rare is the name Gia?

16,606 people in the United States have the first name Gia, about 1 in 18,188. It ranks #1,793 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GIA

#1,793

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
16,606
About
1 in 18,188
This common or more
77%
Who bears it

Of the 16,606 people named Gia, 42.9% reported their origin as White, 24.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 13.3% as Black. 95.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gia peaked in 2024, when 1,195 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19572025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
1,195
In 2025*
1,069 ▼11%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 22,700 babies have been given the name since 1957. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Gia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #598. The largest share of babies named Gia, 55.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#5,506112
1960s#1,871933
1970s#2,022948
1980s#2,758696
1990s#2,977847
2000s#1,3133,746
2010s#7458,729
2020s#5986,689
Baby boom 1946–641.8%
Generation X 1965–807.3%
Millennials 1981–964.6%
Generation Z 1997–1230.7%
2013 and later55.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Gia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gia has been most common in Nevada (3.4×), New Jersey (2.5×), and Florida (2.2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.18×).

20,059 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gia, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Gia ranks #109,993 of 156,621, with 171 people. See Gia as a last name

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