Grisel — #12298 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Grisel

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,665 babies named Grisel between 1954 and 2024, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Grisel currently holds the #12298 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 204 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Grisel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 486 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Grisel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 329 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Grisel in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Grisel 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 1,665 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.