Gisela — #4293 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Gisela

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,209 babies named Gisela between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gisela currently holds the #4293 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 160 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gisela performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 909 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Gisela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,040 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Gisela in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gisela 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 4,209 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.