Gabija

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Gabija has been given to 38 babies in the U.S. since 2001. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2005, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Gabija, 2017

1 in 715,000

Gabija over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gabija: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gabija means

Gabija is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Gabija is used in Lithuanian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 38 girls were recorded with the name Gabija between 2001 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2005; its best national rank was #13,471 in 2005.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Gabija?

Gabija had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2017, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2017: 1 in 715,000; 5 of 3,577,106 births
Among girls only: 1 in 345,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2017: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 495,893 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gabija sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2017 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 495,893 children born in 2017 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gabija. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gabijas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gabija was born before 2007 — so the typical Gabija is around 18 today.

Median birth year: 2007; About 18 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 73.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 38; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 73.7% of all recorded uses (28).

Is Gabija rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2005 (7)
Years since peak: 20; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 21.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #13,471; 2005

Spellings of Gabija

Gabija is not the most common spelling — Sabina is, with 36.7% against Gabija's 0.17%.

Sabina36.7%8,082
Daija13.9%3,065
Gaia11.1%2,434
Maija5.4%1,189
Kaija4.7%1,028
Rabia3.9%862
Taija3.7%822
Habiba3.6%791

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Gabija around the world

Where Gabija ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2001–2025
#2,788
in 2025
Scotland
2012–2016
#798
in 2016
Northern Ireland
2008–2022
#354
in 2022
Ireland
2005–2021
#764
in 2021
France
2022–2022
#7,213
in 2022

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Gabija by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #13,471; 2005
Peak year: 2005; 7 that year
First recorded: 2001
Last recorded: 2017
All-time count: 38
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gabija

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Gabina Lucija Shrija Gabbie Gabbi Lamija Adrija Gabreal Hadija Dwija Gabreil Adaija Nadija Divija Denija Tamija Gabbriel Lanija Lilija Danija Sanija Shanija Gabria Beija

Sibling names for Gabija

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jaci Yahaira Pilar Anisa Jamya Yajaira Anjali Anneliese

For a brother

Braulio Johnpaul Jamarion Kenyon Paulo Yair Kadin Lavon

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