Gittel
Gittel was the 3416th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 45 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2334th with 79 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 186 places. More babies were named Gittel in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,416 girls, up 2 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 45girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202479 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,479babies recorded
Gittel popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,416 | 45 |
| 2020 | #3,418 | 45 |
| 2010 | #3,274 | 50 |
| 2000 | #4,703 | 25 |
| 1990 | #4,748 | 20 |
| 1980 | #5,644 | 12 |
| 1970 | #6,572 | 7 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Gittel, counting every spelling?
Gittel is the most common spelling of a name family that had 51 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 51 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gittel | 45 | #3,416 | 272 |
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 Gittel?
45 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Gittel (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Gittel 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 186 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Gittel.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Gittel?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Gittel are alive today, with a median age of 16; half are between 8 and 27. That makes Gittel mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Gittel by state
How common Gittel was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Jersey (11.6×), New York (9.2×). 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 Gittel
How popular is the name Gittel?
Gittel was the 3416th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 45 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2334th with 79 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 186 places. More babies were named Gittel in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Gittel a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Gittel in the US.
Where is Gittel most popular?
In 2021–2025, Gittel was most common in New Jersey (0.39 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and New York.