Gizzelle — girls' name
117 babies named Gizzelle in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
75% of everyone ever named Gizzelle was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Gizzelle in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gizzelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 117 babies named Gizzelle between 2000 and 2017, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gizzelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gizzelle performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Gizzelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gizzelle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gizzelle 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 117 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.
Gizzelle at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gizzelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2000
- Peak year (2008)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
117 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 16 births in a single year.
Gizzelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 88 births that decade — 75% of Gizzelle's all-time total
Gizzelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 88 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Gizzelle's strongest decade
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% of all-time use.
Gizzelle by state
Where Gizzelle concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 14.5% |
17 of 117 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 14.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2000–2017 (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.