Grisell — girls' name

What the Data Says About Grisell

The Social Security Administration has registered 175 babies named Grisell between 1967 and 2017, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Grisell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Grisell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Grisell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Grisell in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Grisell 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 175 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.