How Many People Are Named Gittel?
An estimated 1,402 people in the United States have the first name Gittel. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 19 years old, and Gittel peaked in popularity in 2024 with 78 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Gittel 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 Gittel paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,402
About 1 in 244,475 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
19
years old
Peak Year
2024
78 births
Total Registered
1,433
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Gittel
Gittel is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,433 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Gittel as a female name
Ranked #2,349 in 2024
78 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (78 births)
Gittel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Gittel span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 451 babies were registered. While Gittel is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Gittel by Decade
How has Gittel 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.
Gittel by State
Gittel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Gittel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Gittel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Gittel?
We estimate approximately 1,402 people named Gittel 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 244,475 Americans share this first name.
Is Gittel a common name?
Gittel is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,433 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Gittel most popular?
Gittel reached peak popularity in 2024, when 78 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Gittel is approximately 19 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Gittel a female name?
Gittel is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Gittel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Gittel Smith, Gittel Johnson, Gittel 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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