Ghislaine — girls' name
190 babies named Ghislaine in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Ghislaine was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Ghislaine in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ghislaine
The Social Security Administration has registered 190 babies named Ghislaine between 1951 and 2019, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ghislaine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ghislaine performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ghislaine shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ghislaine in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ghislaine in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 190 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ghislaine at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ghislaine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1951
- Peak year (2012)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
190 total births across 69 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 11 births in a single year.
Ghislaine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 41 births that decade — 22% of Ghislaine's all-time total
Ghislaine decade highlights
- Peak decade 41 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ghislaine's strongest decade
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Ghislaine by state
Where Ghislaine concentrates geographically — total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 190 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1951–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.