Gizelle — #3762 US girls' name
3,099 babies named Gizelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 79% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Gizelle was born in this single decade.
206 babies were named Gizelle in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gizelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,099 babies named Gizelle between 1954 and 2024, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gizelle currently holds the #3762 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 206 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gizelle performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,278 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Gizelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 946 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Gizelle in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gizelle 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 3,099 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.
Gizelle at a glance
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Current rank
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Gizelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1954
- Peak year (2005)
- 206
- Annual births at peak — across 71 years of records
Currently ranks #3762 among girls.
3,099 total births across 71 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 206 births in a single year.
Gizelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,278 births that decade — 41% of Gizelle's all-time total
Gizelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,278 births
- Runner-up 1,020 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Gizelle's strongest decade
1,278 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Gizelle by state
Where Gizelle concentrates geographically — total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 946 | 30.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 459 | 14.8% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 109 | 3.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 93 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 87 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 59 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Nevada | | 19 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 19 | 0.6% |
946 of 3,099 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 30.5% of nationwide
- Texas 14.8% of nationwide
- Arizona 3.5% of nationwide
- New York 3.0% of nationwide
- Florida 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 30.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Gizelle appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1954–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.