How Many People Are Named Giselle Mercado?

There are approximately 10 people named Giselle Mercado living in the United States today. That makes this name combination rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 34,275,434 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Giselle with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Mercado. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 34,275,434 Americans

Combination Rarity

Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Giselle

Last Name

Mercado

Giselle: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Giselle. The peak year was 2007 with 2,596 births. The average person named Giselle today is 20 years old.

Male

Female

Ancestry of the First Name Giselle

In the 2020 Census, the first name Giselle was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Hispanic (79.35%). The next largest recorded groups were White (9.91%) and Black (5.93%).

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Giselle in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Giselle rose or fell over time.

White

9.91%

Black

5.93%

Hispanic

79.35%

Asian/Pacific Islander

2.61%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.19%

Two or More Races

2.02%

Ancestry of the Mercado Surname

The surname Mercado was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Hispanic in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Mercado in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

5.52%

Black

0.63%

Hispanic

85.17%

Asian/Pacific Islander

7.74%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.16%

Two or More Races

0.78%

How we calculated this

The first name "Giselle" has an estimated frequency of 0.0141% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Mercado" appears at a rate of 20.67 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Giselle are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 10 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Giselle

Giselle Smith Giselle Johnson Giselle Williams Giselle Brown Giselle Jones Giselle Garcia Giselle Willock

Other people with the surname Mercado

Michael Mercado James Mercado John Mercado David Mercado Robert Mercado William Mercado

Giselle Mercado: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Giselle Mercado?

We estimate approximately 10 people named Giselle Mercado are alive in the United States today. The first name Giselle is shared by 48,363 Americans, and the surname Mercado is shared by 70,837.

How rare is the name Giselle Mercado?

This name combination is classified as Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 34,275,434 Americans. The first name Giselle is uncommon and the surname Mercado is uncommon.

Is Giselle a male or female name?

Giselle is predominantly female, with 0.1% of bearers being male and 99.9% female. It peaked in popularity in 2007 and the average bearer today is 20 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Giselle?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Giselle was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Hispanic (79.35%). The next largest recorded groups were White (9.91%) and Black (5.93%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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