Jissel — girls' name
473 babies named Jissel in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Jissel was born in this single decade.
41 babies were named Jissel in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jissel
The Social Security Administration has registered 473 babies named Jissel between 1989 and 2021, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jissel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 41 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jissel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 264 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jissel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 105 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jissel in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jissel 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 473 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.
Jissel at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jissel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1989
- Peak year (2003)
- 41
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
473 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 41 births in a single year.
Jissel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 264 births that decade — 56% of Jissel's all-time total
Jissel decade highlights
- Peak decade 264 births
- Runner-up 114 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jissel's strongest decade
264 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Jissel by state
Where Jissel concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 105 | 22.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 27 | 5.7% |
105 of 473 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 22.2% of nationwide
- Texas 5.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 22.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.