Pessel — #16621 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Pessel

The Social Security Administration has registered 89 babies named Pessel between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pessel currently holds the #16621 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pessel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Pessel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pessel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pessel 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 89 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.