Jizel — girls' name
145 babies named Jizel in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
70% of everyone ever named Jizel was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Jizel in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jizel
The Social Security Administration has registered 145 babies named Jizel between 2000 and 2022, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jizel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jizel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jizel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jizel in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jizel 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 145 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.
Jizel at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jizel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2000
- Peak year (2009)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
145 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 17 births in a single year.
Jizel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 102 births that decade — 70% of Jizel's all-time total
Jizel decade highlights
- Peak decade 102 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jizel's strongest decade
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% of all-time use.
Jizel by state
Where Jizel concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16 | 11.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6 | 4.1% |
16 of 145 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.0% of nationwide
- Texas 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 2000–2022 (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.