Gizel — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gizel

The Social Security Administration has registered 277 babies named Gizel between 1990 and 2020, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gizel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gizel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Gizel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 63 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Gizel in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gizel 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 277 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.