Giselle
- #382 for girls in 2025, 803 births
- Last seen for boys in 2004 at #8,143
- Given to girls 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2007 · 2,596 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 50,186since 1949
Giselle over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Giselle has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #382 | 803 | — | |
| 2024 | #357 | 872 | — | |
| 2023 | #347 | 889 | — | |
| 2022 | #350 | 907 | — | |
| 2021 | #361 | 847 | — | |
| 2020 | #332 | 937 | — | |
| 2019 | #329 | 976 | — | |
| 2018 | #301 | 1,106 | — | |
| 2017 | #273 | 1,176 | — | |
| 2016 | #220 | 1,463 | — | |
| 2015 | #221 | 1,489 | — | |
| 2014 | #215 | 1,577 | — | |
| 2013 | #206 | 1,563 | — | |
| 2012 | #185 | 1,709 | — | |
| 2011 | #152 | 2,038 | — | |
| 2010 | #147 | 2,090 | — | |
| 2009 | #134 | 2,402 | — | |
| 2008 | #136 | 2,489 | — | |
| 2007 | #134 | 2,596 | — | |
| 2006 | #168 | 2,090 | — | |
| 2005 | #166 | 2,059 | — | |
| 2004 | #182 | 1,884 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #180 | 1,772 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #217 | 1,478 | — | |
| 2001 | #218 | 1,462 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #212 | 1,486 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #221 | 1,434 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #242 | 1,255 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #312 | 937 | — | |
| 1996 | #622 | 365 | — | |
| 1995 | #590 | 386 | — | |
| 1994 | #613 | 362 | — | |
| 1993 | #431 | 582 | — | |
| 1992 | #832 | 240 | — | |
| 1991 | #907 | 214 | — | |
| 1990 | #703 | 299 | — | |
| 1989 | #815 | 233 | — | |
| 1988 | #861 | 206 | — | |
| 1987 | #697 | 263 | — | |
| 1986 | #786 | 214 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #749 | 231 | — | |
| 1984 | #810 | 195 | — | |
| 1983 | #795 | 197 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,025 | 143 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,082 | 129 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,183 | 113 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,184 | 111 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,281 | 95 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,286 | 91 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,523 | 67 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,175 | 98 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,284 | 83 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,399 | 70 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,353 | 74 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,445 | 72 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,407 | 74 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,317 | 74 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,267 | 75 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,133 | 87 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,385 | 63 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,177 | 83 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,518 | 56 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,262 | 76 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,383 | 64 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,435 | 60 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,328 | 69 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,337 | 64 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,112 | 90 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,289 | 67 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,066 | 92 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,106 | 81 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,739 | 35 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,758 | 32 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
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| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1949
The first year at least five girls were named Giselle! It came in at #5,244, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1949–1951, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Giselle is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- New Mexico#143 · 1 in 467
- California#214 · 1 in 1,050
- Texas#226 · 1 in 1,049
- Nevada#235 · 1 in 836
- New Jersey#263 · 1 in 1,145
Best ever in a state: #36 in California, 2008.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #143 | 10 | 1 in 467 |
| California | #214 | 154 | 1 in 1,050 |
| Texas | #226 | 153 | 1 in 1,049 |
| Nevada | #235 | 11 | 1 in 836 |
| New Jersey | #263 | 31 | 1 in 1,145 |
| Arizona | #292 | 24 | 1 in 1,176 |
| Florida | #297 | 63 | 1 in 1,377 |
| New York | #317 | 53 | 1 in 1,478 |
| Connecticut | #322 | 9 | 1 in 1,278 |
| Washington | #343 | 21 | 1 in 1,374 |
| Maryland | #354 | 15 | 1 in 1,332 |
| Kansas | #361 | 9 | 1 in 1,312 |
| Illinois | #384 | 27 | 1 in 1,642 |
| Georgia | #402 | 28 | 1 in 1,615 |
| Virginia | #413 | 19 | 1 in 1,776 |
| Oregon | #429 | 8 | 1 in 1,632 |
| Massachusetts | #444 | 12 | 1 in 2,003 |
| Wisconsin | #447 | 11 | 1 in 1,842 |
| Oklahoma | #483 | 8 | 1 in 1,848 |
| Utah | #490 | 8 | 1 in 2,135 |
| Iowa | #565 | 5 | 1 in 2,354 |
| Colorado | #584 | 9 | 1 in 2,592 |
| Michigan | #638 | 12 | 1 in 2,978 |
| Indiana | #651 | 9 | 1 in 3,101 |
| North Carolina | #659 | 15 | 1 in 3,099 |
| Minnesota | #731 | 6 | 1 in 3,580 |
| Pennsylvania | #763 | 12 | 1 in 3,891 |
| South Carolina | #773 | 5 | 1 in 3,658 |
| Louisiana | #776 | 5 | 1 in 3,274 |
| Ohio | #801 | 11 | 1 in 4,297 |
| Tennessee | #813 | 8 | 1 in 4,009 |
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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 Giselle
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 50 spots since 2020 (#332 → #382)
- Biggest jump: 401 spots in 1993
- Biggest drop: 204 spots in 1991
Rise & fade · girls
58 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1949
- Peaked 2007 at #134 (2,596 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1983–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 741
- Highest: 1 in 741 girls born in 2007 were named Giselle (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,002 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 39.3% of all girls named Giselle (19,718) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #5,244 (1949) | #5,244 |
| 1950s | 481 | #1,066 (1956) | #1,959 |
| 1960s | 707 | #1,133 (1967) | #1,321 |
| 1970s | 835 | #1,175 (1975) | #1,334 |
| 1980s | 1,924 | #697 (1987) | #880 |
| 1990s | 6,074 | #221 (1999) | #547 |
| 2000s | 19,718 | #134 (2007) | #175 |
| 2010s | 15,187 | #147 (2010) | #225 |
| 2020s | 5,255 | #332 (2020) | #355 |
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.
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