Gissel — #6990 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Gissel

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,533 babies named Gissel between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gissel currently holds the #6990 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 152 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gissel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,369 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gissel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 757 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Gissel in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gissel 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 2,533 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.