Girls' name · since 1956
Gezelle
Since 1956, U.S. Social Security records show 51 babies named Gezelle, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,784 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1956
- 2000s
- peak decade
Gezelle is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 51 have been recorded since 1956.
Gezelle has 51 recorded births among girls since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2021.
- #34,784 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 51 born since 1956
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gezelle ranks #34,784 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 51 born since 1956, peaking in the 2000s.
- #34,784 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1956
- 2000s
- peak decade
Gezelle's 51 recorded births place it above 51.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gezelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gezelle's full recorded timeline at 2008, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gezelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2021
- Peak year (2006)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Gezelle by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (27 births, 53% of the file).
2000s was Gezelle's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Gezelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
27 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 27 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Gezelle's decade-level peak was the 2000s (27 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Gezelle
Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gezelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1956–2021 (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 Gezelle 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.