Gila
A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning from the gila river region.
Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Gila by the numbers
Gila was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 1973, making it a 1970s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gila. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a river
Like Gila, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Islaisland; from the river Islay1,959 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Sabrinafrom the River Severn; Romano-British origin732 in the US (2017)
- Loreleimurmuring rock; a Rhine river siren680 in the US (2017)
- Monroemouth of the Roe river; a surname as given name559 in the US (2017)
- Guadaluperiver of the wolf439 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Gila
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