Girls' name · since 1954
Grisel
1,671 babies named Grisel in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,322 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,100 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,671
- born since 1954
- 1980s
- peak decade
Grisel currently ranks #12100 among girls' names in America, with 1,671 babies recorded since 1954.
Grisel has 1,671 recorded births among girls since 1954, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12100 as of the latest data, more common than 30% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 2025.
- #5,322 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,100 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,671 born since 1954
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Grisel ranks #5,322 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,100 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,671 born since 1954, peaking in the 1980s.
- #5,322 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,100 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,671
- born since 1954
- 1980s
- peak decade
Grisel's 1,671 recorded births place it above 92.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Grisel compares
1,671 Top 25% higher than 75% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Grisel's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Grisel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,671 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 204 | 21 | 19,840 |
Grisel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Grisel's full recorded timeline at 1990, 39% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 61% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1984 peak of 204 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Grisel popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–2025
- Peak year (1984)
- 204
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Grisel popularity over time - boys
7 total births recorded since 1984 (Grisel as boys' name)
Grisel by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (486 births, 29% of the file).
1980s was Grisel's strongest decade.
486 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Grisel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 47
1950s
47 births
- 1960s
1960s
236 births
- 1970s
1970s
256 births
- 1980s
1980s
486 births
- 1990s
1990s
289 births
- 2000s
2000s
221 births
- 2010s 98
2010s
98 births
- 2020s 38
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 486 births (29% of all-time use).
How Grisel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Grisel's total volume
Grisel by state
Where Grisel concentrates geographically, total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 329 | 19.7% |
| #2 | California | | 321 | 19.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 126 | 7.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 109 | 6.5% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 31 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Florida | | 23 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.3% |
329 of 1,671 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Grisel's data
- Grisel's decade-level peak was the 1980s (486 total births); usage has since declined to 38 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Grisels (329 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Grisel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~71 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, 1954–2025 (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 Grisel 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.