Girls' name · since 2000
Gessel
23 babies named Gessel in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,083 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
23 girls have been named Gessel since 2000, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gessel has been recorded 23 times among girls since 2000, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2007.
- #44,083 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gessel ranks #44,083 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #44,083 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Gessel's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gessel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gessel's full recorded timeline at 2004, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gessel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2007
- Peak year (2000)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Gessel by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (23 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Gessel's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Gessel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 23 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gessel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~7 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2000–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gessel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.