Boy or Girl

Is Gisel a boy or girl name?

Gisel is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 24 girls and 0 boys were named Gisel, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 2,266 US babies named Gisel were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#5,333
Babies named Gisel since 1969
2,266
Most popular year
1999
114 babies
Babies named Gisel each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Gisel from 1969 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.050100150200198020002020

Boys and girls named Gisel, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1960s05100%
1970s086100%
1980s0149100%
1990s0530100%
2000s01,026100%
2010s0377100%
2020s093100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–24#5,333
20230–24#5,289
20220–17#6,813
20210–15#7,388
20200–13#8,121
20190–17#6,818
20180–11#9,384
20170–25#5,229
20160–22#5,859
20150–20#6,314
20140–52#3,154
20130–48#3,336
20120–39#3,943
20110–63#2,774
20100–80#2,367
20090–89#2,211
20080–93#2,161
20070–105#1,960
20060–107#1,898
20050–113#1,745
20040–110#1,751
20030–111#1,714
20020–105#1,736
20010–91#1,909
20000–102#1,721
19990–114#1,505
19980–104#1,581
19970–75#1,936
19960–27#3,976
19950–51#2,499
19940–42#2,855
19930–47#2,609
19920–26#4,003
19910–14#6,359
19900–30#3,553
19890–27#3,710
19880–17#4,915
19870–13#5,701
19860–18#4,418
19850–8#7,807
19840–15#4,801
19830–12#5,567
19820–13#5,317
19810–12#5,673
19800–14#5,063
19790–5#10,725
19780–18#3,963
19770–15#4,491
19760–8#6,826
19750–15#4,217
19740–6#8,027
19730–9#5,717
19720–0–
19710–5#8,752
19700–5#8,420
19690–5#7,860

Highest rank

Gisel has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #1,505 in 1999. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1990s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Gisel

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.