Gisela Girl
How popular is Gisela?
#3,902 girl name in 2025
37 baby girls were named Gisela in the US in 2025, making it the 3902nd most popular girl name.
Gisela popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,902 for girls (▲ 391 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 37 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-27% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,211 in 2015, #3,777 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1995 (160 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,104 in 1995 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| 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 |
Gisela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Gisela family of names ranked #2,207 for girls in 2025 (#1,970 the year before), with 57 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gisela | 37 | 65% |
| Gisella | 20 | 35% |
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 Gisela is most popular
Babies named Gisela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (15 girls)
Gisela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 15 | #4,272 |
| 1920s | 47 | #2,920 |
| 1930s | 32 | #3,224 |
| 1940s | 21 | #3,446 |
| 1950s | 140 | #1,917 |
| 1960s | 332 | #1,916 |
| 1970s | 646 | #1,175 |
| 1980s | 511 | #1,596 |
| 1990s | 901 | #1,104 |
| 2000s | 909 | #1,624 |
| 2010s | 480 | #2,642 |
| 2020s | 212 | #3,761 |
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Questions
- Is Gisela a boy or girl name?
- Gisela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gisela were girls.
- How popular is the name Gisela?
- 37 baby girls were named Gisela in the US in 2025, making it the 3902nd most popular girl name.
- When was Gisela most popular?
- Gisela peaked in 1995, when 160 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,104 in 1995.
- How many people are named Gisela?
- 4,246 babies have been named Gisela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,025 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 31.
- Where is Gisela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gisela was most common in Texas, 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.