How Many People Are Named Gisel?
An estimated 2,214 people in the United States have the first name Gisel. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Gisel peaked in popularity in 1999 with 114 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Gisel 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 Gisel paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,214
About 1 in 154,812 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
1999
114 births
Total Registered
2,266
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Gisel
Gisel is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 2,266 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Gisel as a female name
Ranked #5,333 in 2024
24 female births in 2024
Peak: 1999 (114 births)
Gisel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Gisel span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 1,026 babies were registered. Gisel has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Gisel by Decade
How has Gisel 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.
Gisel by State
Birth registrations for Gisel span all 11 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Illinois. The lowest are in Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina. On average, about 121 Gisels were registered per state.
Gisel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Gisel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Gisel
Other first names starting with G with a similar number of bearers.
Gisel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Gisel?
We estimate approximately 2,214 people named Gisel 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 154,812 Americans share this first name.
Is Gisel a common name?
Gisel is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 94.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,266 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Gisel most popular?
Gisel reached peak popularity in 1999, when 114 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Gisel is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Gisel a female name?
Gisel is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Gisel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Gisel Smith, Gisel Johnson, Gisel 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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