Gidget
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #14,331
- Peak · girls
- 1966 · 187 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,586since 1946
Gidget over time
Rank among girls' names. Gidget has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
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| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
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| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
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| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 |
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| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
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| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 |
| 1978 | #2,942 | 27 |
| 1977 | #2,063 | 46 |
| 1976 | #1,936 | 46 |
| 1975 | #1,780 | 52 |
| 1974 | #1,351 | 77 |
| 1973 | #1,066 | 108 |
| 1972 | #1,051 | 110 |
| 1971 | #1,057 | 114 |
| 1970 | #1,212 | 92 |
| 1969 | #1,402 | 68 |
| 1968 | #1,056 | 99 |
| 1967 | #905 | 128 |
| 1966 | #717 | 187 |
| 1965 | #1,421 | 60 |
| 1964 | #1,578 | 52 |
| 1963 | #1,649 | 48 |
| 1962 | #2,312 | 27 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 |
| 1960 | #2,820 | 19 |
| 1959 | #2,678 | 19 |
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| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
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| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
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| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Gidget! It came in at #4,960, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1946–1951, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Gidget is popular in 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Iowa#368 · 1 in 3,260
- Colorado#427 · 1 in 2,608
- Tennessee#577 · 1 in 5,488
- North Carolina#581 · 1 in 5,812
- Florida#636 · 1 in 5,369
Best ever in a state: #368 in Iowa, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #368 | 5 | 1 in 3,260 |
| Colorado | #427 | 6 | 1 in 2,608 |
| Tennessee | #577 | 5 | 1 in 5,488 |
| North Carolina | #581 | 6 | 1 in 5,812 |
| Florida | #636 | 8 | 1 in 5,369 |
| Pennsylvania | #759 | 7 | 1 in 9,651 |
| Ohio | #792 | 7 | 1 in 10,036 |
| Texas | #1,005 | 9 | 1 in 10,485 |
| Illinois | #1,035 | 6 | 1 in 11,702 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Gidget
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Biggest jump: 704 spots in 1966 (#1,421 → #717)
- Biggest drop: 188 spots in 1967 (#717 → #905)
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1966 at #717 (187 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1966–1967
- Highest: 1 in 9,049 girls born in 1966 were named Gidget (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 295,337 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 44.5% of all girls named Gidget (705) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #4,960 (1946) | #4,960 |
| 1950s | 41 | #2,678 (1959) | #4,840 |
| 1960s | 705 | #717 (1966) | #1,692 |
| 1970s | 690 | #1,051 (1972) | #1,851 |
| 1980s | 110 | #3,609 (1980) | #5,772 |
| 1990s | 19 | #9,479 (1999) | #11,861 |
| 2000s | 5 | #17,636 (2007) | #17,636 |
| 2010s | 11 | #14,331 (2016) | #15,548 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gidget in 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 13,502 of them was named Gidget, which outranked 89.1% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,058Regan109
- #1,058Sharlene109
- #1,058Tresa109
- #1,066Gidget108
- #1,066Ava108
- #1,066Corrine108
- #1,066Cristal108
- #1,074Alesha107
- #1,074Carlene107
- #1,074Consuela107
Tied with 7 names at #1,066; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.