Girls' name · since 1997

Giselly

18 babies named Giselly in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#46,957 of 72,339
all-time among girls
18
born since 1997
2000s
peak decade

Giselly sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 18 recorded since 1997.

Giselly has 18 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2008.

  • #46,957 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 18 born since 1997
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Giselly ranks #46,957 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.

#46,957 of 72,339
all-time among girls
18
born since 1997
2000s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Giselly's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Giselly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Giselly's full recorded timeline at 2004, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Giselly popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2008

Last recorded 2008
Peak year (2004)
8
Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
456789 199720042008 5

Giselly by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (13 births, 72% of the file).

2000s was Giselly's strongest decade.

13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.

Giselly births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Giselly?
Since 1997, Social Security records show 18 babies named Giselly. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #46,957 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. The most recent recorded year was 2008. Its busiest year on record was 2004, with 8 births.
Where does Giselly sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Giselly ranks #46,957 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Giselly most popular?
Giselly was most popular in the 2000s decade with 13 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Giselly been used?
The SSA has tracked Giselly since 1997 -- 12 years through the most recent 2008 data.
What names are similar to Giselly?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Giselle, Gisselle, Gisele, Gisela, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Giselly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Giselly draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.