Is Gidget a boy or girl name?

Gidget is a girl’s name. Of the 1,586 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Gidget

Recorded 1946–2016 · United States

Gidget was most popular in 1966, when 187 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,246 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,586 people named Gidget.

Gidget over time

Births per year. The dot marks Gidget’s peak in 1966. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Gidget a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Gidget is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,586 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Gidget

Where Gidget is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org