Feminine dossier · first seen 1915

Gisela

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gisela
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1995

Peak rank proxy

160

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1915Peak 19952024

Peak year

1995

Decline from peak

79.4%

2024

All-time

4,209

Gisela has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1995, when 160 girls were named Gisela.

In 2024, only 33 girls were given the name.

Down 79.4% from its peak.

All told, about 4,209 Americans have been named Gisela and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1915.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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