Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gissel

#3,797 most common girls' name of all time · #6,500 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1977–2025

Rank among girls
#3,797
Rank overall
#6,500 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
2,563
Since 2016
217
Peak year
2004 #1,379
Best rank
#1,292 1999
Girls Boys peak 152/yr
198020002020

Gissel first appears in 1977. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 30 — 30 #4,590
2024 16 — 16 #7,032
2023 23 — 23 #5,453
2022 15 — 15 #7,396
2021 8 — 8 #11,462
2020 22 — 22 #5,565
2019 10 — 10 #9,982
2018 28 — 28 #4,810
2017 29 — 29 #4,746
2016 36 — 36 #4,121
2015 38 — 38 #3,951
2014 47 — 47 #3,393
2013 46 — 46 #3,436
2012 59 — 59 #2,916
2011 85 — 85 #2,226
2010 98 — 98 #2,038
2009 116 — 116 #1,844
2008 140 — 140 #1,629
2007 137 — 137 #1,630
2006 116 — 116 #1,793
2005 128 — 128 #1,596
2004 152 — 152 #1,379
2003 145 — 145 #1,385
2002 149 — 149 #1,314
2001 146 — 146 #1,318
2000 140 — 140 #1,350
1999 143 — 143 #1,292
1998 102 — 102 #1,606
1997 74 — 74 #1,959
1996 26 — 26 #4,146
1995 32 — 32 #3,468
1994 47 — 47 #2,653
1993 35 — 35 #3,273
1992 23 — 23 #4,495
1991 14 — 14 #6,484
1990 12 — 12 #7,162
1989 17 — 17 #5,248
1988 10 — 10 #7,522
1987 8 — 8 #8,565
1986 13 — 13 #5,714
1985 7 — 7 #9,017
1984 7 — 7 #8,912
1983 9 — 9 #7,222
1982 7 — 7 #9,023
1979 5 — 5 #11,443
1978 8 — 8 #7,603
1977 5 — 5 #11,034