Girls' name · since 1967
Grisell
Grisell has 175 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,180 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 175
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
175 girls have been named Grisell since 1967, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Grisell has 175 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1967 to 2017.
- #21,180 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 175 born since 1967
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Grisell ranks #21,180 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 175 born since 1967, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,180 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 175
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Grisell's 175 recorded births place it above 70.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Grisell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Grisell splits its recorded history at 1989: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Grisell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2017
- Peak year (1984)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Grisell by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (49 births, 28% of the file).
1980s was Grisell's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Grisell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 19
1960s
19 births
- 1970s
1970s
29 births
- 1980s
1980s
49 births
- 1990s
1990s
41 births
- 2000s
2000s
27 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 49 births (28% of all-time use).
Grisell by state
Where Grisell concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 5.7% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 2.9% |
10 of 175 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Grisell's data
- Grisell's decade-level peak was the 1980s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Grisells (10 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Grisell: 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 (~50 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, 1967–2017 (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 Grisell 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.