Girls' name · since 2000
Gitzel
55 babies named Gitzel in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,859 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
55 girls have been named Gitzel since 2000, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Gitzel has 55 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2015.
- #33,859 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 55 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gitzel ranks #33,859 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 55 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #33,859 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Gitzel's 55 recorded births place it above 52.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gitzel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gitzel's full recorded timeline at 2005, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gitzel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2015
- Peak year (2005)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Gitzel by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (45 births, 82% of the file).
2000s was Gitzel's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Gitzel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 45 births (82% of all-time use).
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- Gitzel's decade-level peak was the 2000s (45 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gitzel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2000–2015 (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 Gitzel 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.