Galatea
Galatea is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek Mythology.
- Greek Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Galatea
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Galatea is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek Mythology.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek Mythology
The Story of Galatea
Galatea first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2004, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2004: 6 births, good for #14,177 nationwide. Galatea last appeared in the published SSA data in 2005, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Galatea
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Galatea. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Galateia
Names that sound like Galatea
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About the name Galatea
Galatea is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2004 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Galatea's peak popularity came in 2004 when it ranked #14,177. Use the chart and map above to compare Galatea's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.