Girls' name · since 1970
Gitel
Since 1970, U.S. Social Security records show 217 babies named Gitel, peaking in 1978. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,971 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,510 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 217
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
217 babies have been named Gitel since 1970, making it today's #13510 girls' name.
Gitel has 217 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13510 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #18,971 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,510 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 217 born since 1970
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gitel ranks #18,971 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,510 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 217 born since 1970, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,971 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,510 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 217
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gitel's 217 recorded births place it above 73.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Gitel compares
217 38th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Gitel's all-time total is 42% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gitel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 217 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gitel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gitel's full recorded timeline at 2002, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gitel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (1978)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Gitel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (56 births, 26% of the file).
2010s was Gitel's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Gitel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
45 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
- 2000s
2000s
42 births
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 56 births (26% of all-time use).
Gitel by state
Where Gitel concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 113 | 52.1% |
113 of 217 births nationwide.
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What to do with Gitel's data
- Gitel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (56 total births) through the 2020s (20) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Gitels (113 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gitel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~55 yrs)
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, 1970–2025 (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 Gitel 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.