Gisel — #5318 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Gisel

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,266 babies named Gisel between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gisel currently holds the #5318 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 114 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gisel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,026 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Gisel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 631 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Gisel in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gisel 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 2,266 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.