Itsel — girls' name

What the Data Says About Itsel

The Social Security Administration has registered 197 babies named Itsel between 1993 and 2011, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Itsel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Itsel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Itsel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 55 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Itsel in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Itsel 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 197 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.