girls:
2.1k births since 1980
#3777 (34th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1980
#5720 (26th percentile)
The name Gaia is the #5,720 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,061 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 26.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,777 (33.9% percentile) for all time with 2,061 births since 1980.
Gaia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (first recorded for girls in 1980). Birth data for Gaia is available in 39 out of the 44 years between 1980 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Gaia reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 22.3% percentile (ranked #736) with 123 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 123 births per million (ranked 22.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1992, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Gaia is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #736 (22.3% percentile) with 123 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gaia".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Gaia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.4% confident that Gaia is pronounced as GAI-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is GAY-uh, at 20.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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