Gissel Girl
How popular is Gissel?
#4,545 girl name in 2025
30 baby girls were named Gissel in the US in 2025, making it the 4545th most popular girl name.
Gissel popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,545 for girls (▲ 2383 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 30 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-21% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,914 in 2015, #5,483 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2004 (152 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,281 in 1999 |
| First recorded | 1977 |
| 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 |
Gissel 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 Gissel is most popular
Babies named Gissel per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Gissel by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 18 | #6,946 |
| 1980s | 78 | #5,043 |
| 1990s | 508 | #1,281 |
| 2000s | 1,369 | #1,307 |
| 2010s | 476 | #2,028 |
| 2020s | 114 | #4,545 |
Girl names about as popular as Gissel
Questions
- Is Gissel a boy or girl name?
- Gissel is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gissel were girls.
- How popular is the name Gissel?
- 30 baby girls were named Gissel in the US in 2025, making it the 4545th most popular girl name.
- When was Gissel most popular?
- Gissel peaked in 2004, when 152 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,281 in 1999.
- How many people are named Gissel?
- 2,563 babies have been named Gissel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,536 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 22.
- Where is Gissel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gissel 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.