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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Gidget

Gidget was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1966, when it ranked 720th with 187 babies. More babies were named Gidget in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1966187 babies
Total since 1880
1,586babies recorded

Gidget popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990#13,7155
1980#3,64422
1970#1,21892
1960#2,84519
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Gidget, counting every spelling?

Gidget has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Gidget?

About 1,500 people born in the US named Gidget are alive today, with a median age of 56; half are between 52 and 60. That makes Gidget a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Gidget by state

How common Gidget was among girls born in each state in 1964–1968, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Louisiana (2.6×). In 36 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesIL0.08Michigan: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMI0.04New York: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNY0.04Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesIN0.05Ohio: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOH0.07Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesCA0.09Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMO0.03Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMD0.07Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNC0.02South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesLA0.16Mississippi: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMS0.08Alabama: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesAL0.04Georgia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesGA0.04Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTX0.04Florida: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesFL0.06
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Gidget, girls, 1964–1968. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Gidget: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Gidget, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Gidget

How popular is the name Gidget?

Gidget was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1966, when it ranked 720th with 187 babies. More babies were named Gidget in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Gidget a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,586 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Gidget most popular?

In 1964–1968, Gidget was most common in Louisiana (0.16 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Mississippi.