Gidget — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gidget

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,586 babies named Gidget between 1946 and 2016, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gidget currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 187 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gidget performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 705 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Gidget shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 113 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Gidget in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gidget 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 1,586 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.