Is Grisel a boy or girl name?

Grisel is a girl’s name. Of the 1,678 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.6% were girls and 0.4% were boys.

Grisel

Recorded 1954–2025 · United States

Grisel was most popular in 1984, when 211 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,325 that year. In 2025 it ranked #20,040, with 7 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,678 people named Grisel.

Grisel over time

Births per year. The dot marks Grisel’s peak in 1984. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Grisel a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Grisel is a girl’s name — 99.6% of the 1,678 Americans given it were girls and 0.4% 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 Grisel

Where Grisel 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