Gia
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Gia
Gia is a cute if slight name that calls to mind stylish sisters Mia, Lea, Pia, Tia, and Nia. One of the most familiar Italian baby names in the US, Gia is a short form of Gianna, which in turn is a diminutive of Giovanna, the feminine form of Giovanni, the Italian equivalent of John—all of them meaning "God is gracious."
Gia first made a strong impression via Gia Carangi, the ill-fated supermodel whose biopic provided Angelina Jolie's breakout role in 1998. It entered the Top 1000 in 2000, and rose as high as Number 299 in 2011 before slumping down.
Gia was chosen by Matt Damon and by Mario Lopez for their daughters and also gained recent fame as the name of the oldest daughter of Real New Jersey Housewife Teresa Giudice.
Gia is also given to boys.
Pronounced JEE-uh.
As of October 2026, Gia ranked #287 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #267 in 2024, Nameberry popularity #253.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #368 | 886 | 496 |
| 2015 | #373 | 879 | 492.4 |
| 2016 | #374 | 873 | 492.7 |
| 2017 | #401 | 783 | 453.5 |
| 2018 | #387 | 802 | 471.5 |
| 2019 | #411 | 761 | 453.4 |
| 2020 | #331 | 938 | 580.2 |
| 2021 | #276 | 1,141 | 695.4 |
| 2022 | #268 | 1,182 | 720.7 |
| 2023 | #268 | 1,163 | 724.8 |
| 2024 | #267 | 1,191 | 735.1 |
| 2025 | #287 | 1,069 | 665.1 |
World rankings
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Gia on lists
Famous Gias
- GianGirl
Carla "Gia" Coppola, American film director; granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola
- Gia Scala (born Josephine Grace Johanna Scoglio)Girl
British,American actress
- Gia PastorelliGirl
American child actress
- Gia Marie AllemandGirl
American model/actress
- Gia Marie CarangiGirl
American supermodel
- Gia MaioneGirl
American pop singer
- Gia Michele MilinovichGirl
American TV presenter
- Gia CaridesGirl
Australian actress
- Gia Gunn aka Gia IchikawaGirl
American drag queen and trans activist
- Gia ScottGirl
Heron, daughter of spoken word poet Gil Scott,Heron
- Gina Cristine "Gia" Mantegna (b. 1990)Girl
American actress; daughter of actor Joe Mantegna
- Gia Giudice (b. 2001)Girl
daughter of reality TV personalities Teresa and Joe Giudice
- Gia Zavala Damon (b. 2008)Girl
daughter of actor Matt Damon
- Gia Francesca Lopez (b. 2011)Girl
daughter of actor Mario Lopez
- Gia Grace Woodhead (b. 2011)Girl
daughter of NFL player Danny Woodhead
- Gia Byrne (b. 2013)Girl
daughter of singer Nicky Byrne
- Gia Garcia (adopted 2013)Girl
daughter of singer Mayte Garcia
- Gia Zane (b. 2014)Girl
daughter of actor Billy Zane
- Gia James Reynolds (b. 2017)Girl
daughter of musicians Dan Reynolds and Aja Volkman
- Gia Leblane Clark (b. 2018)Girl
daughter of American musician Gary Clark Jr. and Australian model Nicole Trunfio, sister to Zion Rain
- Gia Genevieve (b. 1988) American ModelGirl
best known for being on the cover of the March 2015 issue of Playboy
Gia in pop culture
- Gia MoranGirl
character from Power Rangers Megaforce
- Gia MahanGirl
character from Full House
- Gia MannettiGirl
character from TV show "90210"
- Gia GoodmanGirl
character from the TV show Veronica Mars
- Gia MatteoGirl
character from Fifty Shades Freed
- Gia BennettGirl
character in HBO's "Euphoria"