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How popular is “Gisela” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gisela” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Gisela” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Gisela” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Gisela” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Gisela” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Gisela” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gisela” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1915 5 0.000002729 5 100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 100%
1918 5 0.000002303 5 100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 100%
1923 6 0.000002606 6 100%
1925 6 0.000002571 6 100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 100%
1931 8 0.000003802 8 100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 100%
1947 10 0.000002776 10 100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 100%
1952 5 0.000001316 5 100%
1953 9 0.000002335 9 100%
1954 14 0.000003517 14 100%
1955 15 0.000003736 15 100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 100%
1957 19 0.000004522 19 100%
1958 32 0.000007741 32 100%
1959 34 0.000008177 34 100%
1960 33 0.000007945 33 100%
1961 26 0.000006277 26 100%
1962 36 0.000008921 36 100%
1963 36 0.000009095 36 100%
1964 36 0.00000926 36 100%
1965 35 0.000009654 35 100%
1966 35 0.00001007 35 100%
1967 35 0.00001031 35 100%
1968 26 0.000007696 26 100%
1969 34 0.000009783 34 100%
1970 29 0.000008041 29 100%
1971 40 0.000011654 40 100%
1972 46 0.000014636 46 100%
1973 38 0.000012596 38 100%
1974 77 0.000025329 77 100%
1975 98 0.000032457 98 100%
1976 85 0.000028013 85 100%
1977 75 0.000023611 75 100%
1978 83 0.000026151 83 100%
1979 75 0.000022543 75 100%
1980 62 0.000018 62 100%
1981 73 0.000021102 73 100%
1982 47 0.000013398 47 100%
1983 45 0.000012993 45 100%
1984 37 0.000010606 37 100%
1985 56 0.00001569 56 100%
1986 48 0.000013494 48 100%
1987 38 0.000010539 38 100%
1988 59 0.000015967 59 100%
1989 46 0.000011965 46 100%
1990 87 0.000022012 87 100%
1991 59 0.000015147 59 100%
1992 64 0.000016661 64 100%
1993 72 0.000019097 72 100%
1994 102 0.000027437 102 100%
1995 160 0.00004369 160 100%
1996 98 0.00002687 98 100%
1997 77 0.000021237 77 100%
1998 103 0.000028003 103 100%
1999 79 0.000021387 79 100%
2000 74 0.000019577 74 100%
2001 85 0.000022707 85 100%
2002 81 0.000021668 81 100%
2003 118 0.000031034 118 100%
2004 115 0.000030097 115 100%
2005 114 0.00002965 114 100%
2006 102 0.000025782 102 100%
2007 81 0.000020262 81 100%
2008 83 0.000021116 83 100%
2009 56 0.000014659 56 100%
2010 68 0.0000184 68 100%
2011 61 0.000016677 61 100%
2012 56 0.000015312 56 100%
2013 42 0.000011521 42 100%
2014 41 0.000011062 41 100%
2015 51 0.00001378 51 100%
2016 46 0.000012539 46 100%
2017 41 0.000011465 41 100%
2018 41 0.000011661 41 100%
2019 33 0.000009508 33 100%
2020 38 0.000011375 38 100%
2021 30 0.000008855 30 100%
2022 34 0.00001005 34 100%
2023 40 0.00001208 40 100%
2024 33 0.000009914 33 100%

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