How Many People Are Named Gidget?
An estimated 1,379 people in the United States have the first name Gidget. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 55 years old, and Gidget peaked in popularity in 1966 with 187 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Gidget as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Gidget paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,379
About 1 in 248,553 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
55
years old
Peak Year
1966
187 births
Total Registered
1,586
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Gidget
Gidget is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,586 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Gidget as a female name
Ranked #14,967 in 2016
6 female births in 2016
Peak: 1966 (187 births)
Gidget: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Gidget span from the 1940s to the 2010s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 705 babies were registered. Gidget has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Gidget by Decade
How has Gidget tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Gidget by State
Birth registrations for Gidget span all 19 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Illinois, Texas. The lowest are in Iowa, Missouri, Maryland. On average, about 32 Gidgets were registered per state.
Gidget + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Gidget as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Gidget
Other first names starting with G with a similar number of bearers.
Gidget: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Gidget?
We estimate approximately 1,379 people named Gidget are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 248,553 Americans share this first name.
Is Gidget a common name?
Gidget is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,586 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Gidget most popular?
Gidget reached peak popularity in 1966, when 187 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Gidget is approximately 55 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Gidget a female name?
Gidget is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Gidget Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Gidget Smith, Gidget Johnson, Gidget Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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