How Many People Are Named Giselle?
people named Giselle are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,900 people in the US has this name
Based on 50,230 babies named Giselle in Social Security records from 1949 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,596 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from the Germanic word gisil meaning "hostage" or "pledge". This name may have originally been a descriptive nickname for a child given as a pledge to a foreign court. It was borne by a daughter of the French king Charles III who married the Norman leader Rollo in the 10th century. The name was popular in France during the Middle Ages (the more common French form is Gisèle). Though it became known in the English-speaking world due to Adolphe Adam's ballet 'Giselle' (1841), it was not regularly used until the 20th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Giselle in English. Counting Giselle and these spellings together, about 59,963 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Giselle (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Giselle alive today is about 19 years old, and 88% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Giselle first appears in the records in 1949 and was given most often in 2007, to 2,596 babies. In 2025, 803 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1949 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Giselle has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #134, in 2007 and 2009. In 2025 it ranked #382.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #382 |
| Best rank | #134 (2007 and 2009) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #176 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Giselle alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Giselle were born in California than in any other state: about 15,632 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Giselle was given 2.3 times as often in California, 2.1 times in Nevada and 1.6 times in Texas.
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