Gissell — #6996 US girls' name
1,382 babies named Gissell in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 60% of names given to girls today.
55% of everyone ever named Gissell was born in this single decade.
103 babies were named Gissell in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gissell
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,382 babies named Gissell between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gissell currently holds the #6996 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 103 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gissell performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 763 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Gissell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 388 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Gissell in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gissell 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 1,382 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.
Gissell at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gissell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2000)
- 103
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #6996 among girls.
1,382 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 103 births in a single year.
Gissell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 763 births that decade — 55% of Gissell's all-time total
Gissell decade highlights
- Peak decade 763 births
- Runner-up 275 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Gissell's strongest decade
763 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Gissell by state
Where Gissell concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 388 | 28.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 201 | 14.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 48 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 23 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 20 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Florida | | 19 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 18 | 1.3% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.4% |
388 of 1,382 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 28.1% of nationwide
- Texas 14.5% of nationwide
- New York 3.5% of nationwide
- Arizona 1.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 28.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.