Gisel Girl
How popular is Gisel?
#6,545 girl name in 2025
17 baby girls were named Gisel in the US in 2025, making it the 6545th most popular girl name.
Gisel popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,545 for girls (▼ 1248 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 17 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #6,234 in 2015, #7,964 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1999 (114 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,500 in 1999 |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gisel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Giselle family of names ranked #305 for girls in 2025 (#288 the year before), with 1,071 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Giselle | 803 | 75% |
| Gisselle | 111 | 10% |
| Gisele | 53 | 5% |
| Gizelle | 32 | 3% |
| Gissel | 30 | 3% |
| Gisel | 17 | 2% |
| Gisell | 16 | 1% |
| Gissell | 9 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Gisel is most popular
Babies named Gisel per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (15 girls)
Gisel by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1970s | 86 | #3,924 |
| 1980s | 149 | #3,667 |
| 1990s | 530 | #1,500 |
| 2000s | 1,026 | #1,709 |
| 2010s | 377 | #2,360 |
| 2020s | 110 | #5,245 |
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Questions
- Is Gisel a boy or girl name?
- Gisel is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gisel were girls.
- How popular is the name Gisel?
- 17 baby girls were named Gisel in the US in 2025, making it the 6545th most popular girl name.
- When was Gisel most popular?
- Gisel peaked in 1999, when 114 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,500 in 1999.
- How many people are named Gisel?
- 2,283 babies have been named Gisel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,254 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Gisel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gisel was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.