girl's name

Gisel

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 2,293

France

#939

1921 births

Gisel is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1999, when 114 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 195,046 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1969.

Gisel over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,026
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Gisel by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 5
1970s 86
1980s 149
1990s 530
2000s 1,026
2010s 377
2020s (to 2025) 110

How popular is Gisel?

In 2025, Gisel was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Gisel is used

France #939 5 in 1921
United States #6,603 17 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Gisel

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Gisel also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Gisel over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Gisel

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Gisel — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Gisel

How popular is the name Gisel?

In 2025, Gisel was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Gisel a girl's or a boy's name?

Gisel is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Gisel most popular?

Gisel peaked in 1999, when 114 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Gisel a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Gisel currently ranks #6,603 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.