Is Gaia a boy or girl name?

Gaia is a girl’s name. Of the 2,434 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Gaia

Recorded 1980–2025 · United States

Gaia was most popular in 2023, when 219 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,102 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,609, with 157 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,434 people named Gaia.

Gaia over time

Births per year. The dot marks Gaia’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Gaia a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Gaia is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,434 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Gaia

Where Gaia is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org