Girls' name · since 1963
Gittel
1,479 babies named Gittel in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,744 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,406 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,479
- born since 1963
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gittel currently ranks #3406 among girls' names in America, with 1,479 babies recorded since 1963.
Gittel has 1,479 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3406 as of the latest data, more common than 80% 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 1963 to 2025.
- #5,744 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,406 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,479 born since 1963
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gittel ranks #5,744 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,406 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,479 born since 1963, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,744 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,406 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,479
- born since 1963
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gittel's 1,479 recorded births place it above 92.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Gittel compares
1,479 Top 26% higher than 74% of 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
Gittel's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gittel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,479 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 79 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gittel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gittel's full recorded timeline at 1997, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1963, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 79 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gittel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 79
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Gittel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (451 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Gittel's strongest decade.
451 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Gittel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1970s 55
1970s
55 births
- 1980s 127
1980s
127 births
- 1990s
1990s
183 births
- 2000s
2000s
330 births
- 2010s
2010s
451 births
- 2020s
2020s
317 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 451 births (30% of all-time use).
How Gittel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Gittel's total volume
Gittel by state
Where Gittel concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 929 | 62.8% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 262 | 17.7% |
929 of 1,479 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Gittel's data
- Gittel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (451 total births) through the 2020s (317) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Gittels (929 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Gittel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1963–2025 (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 Gittel 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.