Gisela
Gisela was the 3932nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 37 babies. Its best year was 1995, when it ranked 1109th with 160 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 703 places. More babies were named Gisela in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,932 girls, down 129 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 37girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1995160 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,246babies recorded
Gisela popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,932 | 37 |
| 2020 | #3,803 | 38 |
| 2010 | #2,652 | 68 |
| 2000 | #2,161 | 74 |
| 1990 | #1,692 | 87 |
| 1980 | #1,772 | 62 |
| 1970 | #2,538 | 29 |
| 1960 | #1,994 | 33 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | #3,465 | 8 |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Gisela, counting every spelling?
Gisela is the most common spelling of a name family that had 37 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 37 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gisela | 37 | #3,932 | 174 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Gisela?
37 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Gisela (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Gisela born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 226 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Gisela.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Gisela?
About 4,000 people born in the US named Gisela are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 20 and 47. That makes Gisela mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Gisela by state
How common Gisela was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Gisela
How popular is the name Gisela?
Gisela was the 3932nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 37 babies. Its best year was 1995, when it ranked 1109th with 160 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 703 places. More babies were named Gisela in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Gisela a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Gisela in the US.
Where is Gisela most popular?
In 2021–2025, Gisela was most common in Texas (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and California.