Girls' name · since 1951
Gitty
Gitty has 3,715 recorded births since 1951 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,195 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,715
- born since 1951
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Gitty is the #1195 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 3,715 recorded since 1951.
Gitty has 3,715 recorded births among girls since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1195 as of the latest data, more common than 93% 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 1951 to 2025.
- #3,130 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,195 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,715 born since 1951
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gitty ranks #3,130 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,195 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,715 born since 1951, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,195 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,715
- born since 1951
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gitty's 3,715 recorded births place it above 95.67% 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 Gitty compares
3,715 Top 16% higher than 84% 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
Gitty's all-time total is 10x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Gitty | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,715 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 193 | 21 | 19,840 |
Gitty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Gitty's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 87% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 13%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1954, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 193, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Gitty popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 193
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Gitty by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,248 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Gitty's strongest decade.
1,248 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Gitty births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 71
1950s
71 births
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s 127
1970s
127 births
- 1980s 237
1980s
237 births
- 1990s 377
1990s
377 births
- 2000s
2000s
726 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,248 births
- 2020s
2020s
914 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,248 births (34% of all-time use).
How Gitty 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 Gitty's total volume
Gitty by state
Where Gitty concentrates geographically, total births since 1951
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 3,251 | 87.5% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 170 | 4.6% |
3,251 of 3,715 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Gitty's data
- Gitty's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,248 total births) through the 2020s (914) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Gittys (3,251 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 Gitty: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~74 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, 1951–2025 (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 Gitty 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.