Gissele — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gissele

The Social Security Administration has registered 566 babies named Gissele between 1988 and 2016, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gissele currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gissele performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 359 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Gissele shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 189 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Gissele in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gissele 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 566 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.