NameTides

Giselle

Giselle was the #382 girls' name in the US in 2025 (803 babies), and #2,006 in England & Wales and #1,218 in Canada.

Giselle as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Giselle as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Giselle as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#382 (803)#2,006 (14)—#1,218 (21)
2024#357 (872)#1,449 (22)—#1,348 (18)
2023#347 (889)#2,201 (12)—#1,369 (17)
2022#350 (907)#2,674 (9)—#1,166 (21)
2021#361 (847)#2,201 (12)—#859 (33)
2020#332 (937)#1,846 (15)—#1,153 (21)
2019#329 (976)#2,458 (10)—#970 (27)
2018#301 (1,106)#1,649 (18)—#1,164 (21)
2017#273 (1,176)#1,911 (15)—#1,090 (23)
2016#220 (1,463)#1,472 (22)—#729 (40)
2015#221 (1,489)#1,497 (21)—#711 (40)
2014#215 (1,577)#1,272 (26)—#1,151 (22)
2013#206 (1,563)#1,587 (19)—#918 (29)
2012#185 (1,709)#1,387 (23)—#966 (27)
2011#152 (2,038)#1,067 (32)—#894 (29)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2007 at #134.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1949.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Giselle is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,800 to 1 in 2,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Giselle by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #447WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #343WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #384ILMichigan: #638MINew York: #317NYMassachusetts: #444MAOregon: #429ORNevada: #235NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #651INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: #263NJConnecticut: #322CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #214CAUtah: #490UTColorado: #584CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #413VAMaryland: #354MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #292AZNew Mexico: #143NMKansas: #361KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #659NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #483OKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #402GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #226TXFlorida: #297FL
Giselle (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6696
Ontario2024#1,2848

Giselle (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GiselleCanadaGirls#1,21821
GiselleEngland & WalesGirls#2,00614
GiselleIrelandGirls—too few
GiselleNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
GiselleUSGirls#382803
GiselleUSBoys—too few