Giselle Girl
How popular is Giselle?
#382 girl name in 2025
803 baby girls were named Giselle in the US in 2025, making it the 382nd most popular girl name.
Giselle popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #382 for girls (▼ 25 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 803 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-46% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #221 in 2015, #332 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (2,596 girls) |
| Highest rank | #134 in 2007 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1949 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Giselle 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 Giselle is most popular
Babies named Giselle per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Nevada: 1.2 per 1,000 (58 girls)
- California: 1.2 per 1,000 (993 girls)
- New Mexico: 1.1 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Arizona: 1.0 per 1,000 (141 girls)
- Texas: 1.0 per 1,000 (790 girls)
Giselle by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1950s | 481 | #1,065 |
| 1960s | 707 | #1,133 |
| 1970s | 835 | #1,175 |
| 1980s | 1,924 | #697 |
| 1990s | 6,074 | #221 |
| 2000s | 19,718 | #134 |
| 2010s | 15,187 | #147 |
| 2020s | 5,255 | #332 |
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Questions
- Is Giselle a boy or girl name?
- Giselle is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Giselle were girls.
- How popular is the name Giselle?
- 803 baby girls were named Giselle in the US in 2025, making it the 382nd most popular girl name.
- When was Giselle most popular?
- Giselle peaked in 2007, when 2,596 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #134, held for 2 years starting in 2007.
- How many people are named Giselle?
- 50,230 babies have been named Giselle in the US since 1880. We estimate about 49,601 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Giselle most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Giselle was most common in Nevada, at 1.2 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.