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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Giselle has never cracked the top 100 here.
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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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 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#95 · 1 in 435
- Nevada#143 · 1 in 537
- Arizona#152 · 1 in 635
- Illinois#154 · 1 in 704
- Texas#159 · 1 in 739
Best ever in a state: #36 in California, 2008.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #95 | 508 | 1 in 435 |
| Nevada | #143 | 17 | 1 in 537 |
| Arizona | #152 | 46 | 1 in 635 |
| Illinois | #154 | 100 | 1 in 704 |
| Texas | #159 | 194 | 1 in 739 |
| District of Columbia | #186 | 6 | 1 in 586 |
| New Jersey | #198 | 43 | 1 in 965 |
| New York | #205 | 98 | 1 in 1,028 |
| Florida | #249 | 61 | 1 in 1,218 |
| Nebraska | #249 | 7 | 1 in 1,155 |
| Oregon | #280 | 14 | 1 in 1,174 |
| Colorado | #336 | 14 | 1 in 1,590 |
| New Mexico | #342 | 6 | 1 in 1,411 |
| Connecticut | #344 | 8 | 1 in 1,942 |
| Maryland | #395 | 11 | 1 in 2,176 |
| Utah | #401 | 8 | 1 in 2,065 |
| Virginia | #414 | 14 | 1 in 2,422 |
| Washington | #420 | 13 | 1 in 2,249 |
| Kansas | #478 | 5 | 1 in 2,591 |
| Georgia | #598 | 11 | 1 in 4,049 |
| Alabama | #637 | 5 | 1 in 4,169 |
| Massachusetts | #653 | 6 | 1 in 5,317 |
| Louisiana | #696 | 5 | 1 in 4,370 |
| Pennsylvania | #734 | 10 | 1 in 5,830 |
| North Carolina | #805 | 7 | 1 in 6,013 |
| Michigan | #1,003 | 6 | 1 in 8,586 |
| Ohio | #1,193 | 5 | 1 in 12,324 |
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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
- 25 spots since 2024 (#357 → #382)
- 50 spots since 2020 (#332 → #382)
- 161 spots since 2015 (#221 → #382)
- Biggest jump: 401 spots in 1993 (#832 → #431)
- Biggest drop: 204 spots in 1991 (#703 → #907)
- Debuted 1949
- Peaked 2007 at #134 (2,596 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1983–2025
- Highest: 1 in 741 girls born in 2007 were named Giselle (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,002 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 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.
Giselle in 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 1,408 of them was named Giselle, which outranked 98.5% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 382,273 of them was named Giselle, which outranked 14.9% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,680 names at #9,631; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.