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How popular is the name Gaya?
Births per year, rank history and how many Gayas are alive today.
Gaya (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Gaia in England and Wales, ranked 5927th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2007, when 4 babies were given the name, the 4294th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Gaia you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old. Half of all Gaias born in England and Wales are between 4 and 17, and there are at least 1,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Gaia - on average, only one in every 315 such rooms contains a Gaia.
How many babies are named Gaya each year?
Includes all spellings: Gaya, Gaia. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Gaya spelling rank?
Where does the Gaia spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Gaya most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Gaia, peaked in 2022, when 95 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Gaya spelling itself peaked in 2007, with 4 babies.
How many people are called Gaya?
At least 1,000 people named Gaya in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Gaya?
Most living Gayas are between 4 and 17; the most common age is about 3.
Is Gaya becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.