Recorded 1951–2019 Girls' name Peak 2012 190 births

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.

1950s161960s111970s271980s391990s302000s262010s41
2010s
Peak decade

22% of everyone ever named Ghislaine was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

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 2019

Total births

190

Since 1951

69 years of records

Peak year

2012

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1951

Recorded for 69 years

Last year on file: 2019

Ghislaine popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1951

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2012)
11
Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
4681012 201920112005199219881980197219591951 6

Ghislaine by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
41 births that decade — 22% of Ghislaine's all-time total
1950s161960s111970s271980s391990s302000s262010s41

Ghislaine by state

Where Ghislaine concentrates geographically — total births since 1951

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Ghislaine
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 2.6%
New York share of Ghislaine's total US births 2.6%

5 of 190 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ghislaine?
190 babies have been named Ghislaine since 1951. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2012 with 11 births.
When was Ghislaine most popular?
Ghislaine was most popular in the 2010s decade with 41 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
Where is Ghislaine most popular?
The top states for the name Ghislaine are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Ghislaine been used?
Ghislaine has been recorded in Social Security data since 1951, spanning 69 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Ghislaine?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ghina, Ghita, Ghia, Ghianna, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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.