Grisel

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 1984 at #4,973
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1984 · 204 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,671
since 1954

Grisel over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Grisel has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #784, 1984girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327
2024#12,1617
2023#8,98911
2022
2021#11,1468
2020#15,0885
2019#13,7996
2018#15,6825
2017#11,6158
2016#16,2155
2015#11,8358
2014#9,51711
2013#8,58013
2012#9,71111
2011#7,43616
2010#7,88015
2009#5,37826
2008#5,01329
2007#5,37726
2006#6,12521
2005#7,13816
2004#5,96920
2003#6,57617
2002#6,12918
2001#5,00923
2000#4,64925
1999#4,87022
1998#3,35336
1997#2,77644
1996#5,06519
1995#4,34823
1994#3,09837
1993#4,10025
1992#4,38223
1991#4,20824
1990#3,07836
1989#2,93137
1988#3,69025
1987#3,85722
1986#2,97331
1985#1,94856
1984#784204#4,9737
1983#1,85856
1982#4,94514
1981#4,00519
1980#3,60922
1979#3,33324
1978#3,92418
1977#3,48621
1976#3,54019
1975#2,45632
1974#2,75726
1973#2,62927
1972#2,68026
1971#2,47730
1970#2,30733
1969#2,35030
1968#1,77644
1967#2,49224
1966#2,83919
1965#2,29327
1964#3,37915
1963#1,92237
1962#3,29315
1961#4,00911
1960#3,35714
1959#4,03110
1958#5,4086
1957#3,30913
1956#4,4678
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First appearance
1954

The first year at least five girls were named Grisel! It came in at #3,718, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1955, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Grisel
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 229 spots since 2024 (#12,161#11,932)
  • 3,156 spots since 2020 (#15,088#11,932)
  • 97 spots since 2015 (#11,835#11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 1,074 spots in 1984 (#1,858#784)
  • Biggest drop: 1,164 spots in 1985 (#784#1,948)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1954
  • Peaked 1984 at #784 (204 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1984
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,254
  • Highest: 1 in 8,254 girls born in 1984 were named Grisel (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 29.1% of all girls named Grisel (486) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s47#3,309 (1957)#4,187
1960s236#1,776 (1968)#2,771
1970s256#2,307 (1970)#2,959
1980s486#784 (1984)#3,060
1990s289#2,776 (1997)#3,928
2000s221#4,649 (2000)#5,736
2010s98#7,436 (2011)#11,227
2020s38#8,989 (2023)#11,863

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.

Grisel in 1984

girls
#784
204 births · 1 in 8,254 girls
boys
#4,973
7 births · 1 in 257,835 boys

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #784Grisel204

Top boys' names in 1984

  1. #1Michael67,735
  2. #2Christopher60,021
  3. #3Matthew49,767
  4. #4Joshua40,266
  5. #5David38,492
  6. #6Daniel36,531
  7. #7James35,859
  8. #8John32,610
  9. #9Robert31,768
  10. #10Joseph30,513
  11. #4,973Grisel7
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 8,254 of them was named Grisel, which outranked 93.6% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grisel
  1. #781Kristan206
  2. #782Jason205
  3. #782Leila205
  4. #784Grisel204
  5. #784Aurora204
  6. #784Kathrine204
  7. #784Shanell204
  8. #789Francine203
  9. #789Helena203
  10. #789Zoe203

Tied with 4 names at #784; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. 8,259Santana#9,015#756
  2. 2,419Tasia#3,151#732
  3. 2,198Teela#3,065#867
  4. 1,074Grisel#1,858#784
  5. 894Kaylee#1,715#821
Fallers
  1. 1,856Dwan#874#2,730
  2. 720Toccara#937#1,657
  3. 713Kaleena#547#1,260
  4. 303Karie#1,000#1,303
  5. 300Karyn#820#1,120

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 257,835 of them was named Grisel, which outranked 32.3% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Grisel
  1. #4,552Ziad8
  2. #4,552Zoltan8
  3. #4,552Zubin8
  4. #4,973Grisel7
  5. #4,973Aamir7
  6. #4,973Aaren7
  7. #4,973Abbas7
  8. #5,561Aaryn6
  9. #5,561Abdulaziz6
  10. #5,561Abdur6

Tied with 587 names at #4,973; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. 958Ryne#1,562#604
  2. 472Rachel#1,448#976
  3. 399Zebulon#1,375#976
  4. 359Travon#1,327#968
  5. 347Mackenzie#1,347#1,000
Fallers
  1. 741Trumaine#949#1,690
  2. 422Basil#1,000#1,422
  3. 240Alfonzo#1,000#1,240
  4. 208Jasen#804#1,012
  5. 205Woodrow#949#1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1984