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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Gisella

Gisella was the 5986th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 20 babies. Its best year was 1895, when it ranked 1490th; the most babies were born in 2009 (67). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,812 places. More babies were named Gisella in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#5,986 girls, down 1,395 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
20girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
200967 babies
Total since 1880
1,533babies recorded

Gisella popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#5,98620
2020#4,59129
2010#4,05437
2000#4,22229
1990#7,48411
1980#6,9739
1970#5,9958
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920#3,7508
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Gisella, counting every spelling?

Gisella has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Gisella?

20 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Gisella (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Gisella 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 423 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Gisella.

Chance of another Gisella in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inCaliforniaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Gisella?

About 1,400 people born in the US named Gisella are alive today, with a median age of 19; half are between 12 and 29. That makes Gisella mostly worn by children and young adults.

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.

Gisella by state

How common Gisella 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.

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: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: 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: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesCA0.02Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: 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: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Gisella, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Gisella

How popular is the name Gisella?

Gisella was the 5986th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 20 babies. Its best year was 1895, when it ranked 1490th; the most babies were born in 2009 (67). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,812 places. More babies were named Gisella in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Gisella a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Gisella in the US.

Where is Gisella most popular?

In 2021–2025, Gisella was most common in California (0.02 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.