How rare is the name Gisela?

12,810 people in the United States have the first name Gisela, about 1 in 23,578. It ranks #2,098 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GISELA

#2,098

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,810
About
1 in 23,578
This common or more
78.5%
Who bears it

Of the 12,810 people named Gisela, 66.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 31% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gisela peaked in 1995, when 160 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
1995
Births that year
160
In 2025*
37 ▼77%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,246 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Gisela by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #2,525. The largest share of babies named Gisela, 31.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#9,01415
1920s#7,70647
1930s#7,69532
1940s#9,18121
1950s#4,848140
1960s#3,290332
1970s#2,525646
1980s#3,384511
1990s#2,864901
2000s#3,568909
2010s#5,813480
2020s#7,111212
Greatest Generation 1901–271%
Silent Generation 1928–451.3%
Baby boom 1946–647.6%
Generation X 1965–8020.6%
Millennials 1981–9625.7%
Generation Z 1997–1231.9%
2013 and later11.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Gisela is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gisela has been most common in Texas (4.1×), California (4.1×), and New York (1.9×), and least common in New Jersey (0.59×).

2,504 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Gisela

#2,096 Deon · 12,858#2,097 Colten · 12,819#2,099 Deidre · 12,807#2,100 Rhiannon · 12,801

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gisela, most common first.

#3,262 Gisele · 6,538#6,335 Gisel · 2,547#7,535 Gisella · 2,014#8,322 Gisell · 1,748#18,236 Gissela · 593#20,700 Gicela · 497#38,539 Gizela · 199

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