Gigi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZHEE-zhee
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #425 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,822 for girls
Gigi is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 425th for girls in the UK (106 babies) and 2,822nd for girls in the US (60 babies).
What does Gigi mean?
French: French pet form of names beginning with G
French pet form of names beginning with G, such as Gilberte, the heroine of Colette's novella Gigi.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Gigi a girl's or a boy's name?
Gigi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 106 girls in the UK and 60 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gigi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 425th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 106 about 1 in 2,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 266% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 106 girls in the UK were named Gigi, making it the 425th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th.
2025 had the most girls named Gigi of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Gigi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 460th in England and Wales, 284th in Scotland and 231st in Northern Ireland.
Gigi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 106 | #425 |
| 2024 | 67 | #629 |
| 2023 | 72 | #578 |
| 2022 | 58 | #697 |
| 2021 | 47 | #833 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,246 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,439 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Gigi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,822nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 60 about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were named Gigi, making it the 2,822nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,468th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 271 girls. It first appears in the records in 1940.
Half of all the girls named Gigi in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gigi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,822 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,823 |
| 2022 | 94 | #2,048 |
| 2021 | 82 | #2,251 |
| 2020 | 70 | #2,468 |
| 2019 | 51 | #3,129 |
| 2018 | 53 | #3,049 |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,925 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,560 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,766 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,469 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,447 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,114 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,365 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,791 |
| 1975 | 37 | #2,232 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,913 |
| 1973 | 33 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,607 |
| 1971 | 54 | #1,686 |
| 1970 | 57 | #1,637 |
| 1969 | 65 | #1,453 |
| 1968 | 84 | #1,177 |
| 1967 | 94 | #1,071 |
| 1966 | 121 | #918 |
| 1965 | 140 | #840 |
| 1964 | 195 | #745 |
| 1963 | 206 | #711 |
| 1962 | 271 | #608 |
| 1961 | 269 | #624 |
| 1960 | 259 | #626 |
| 1959 | 250 | #630 |
| 1958 | 124 | #924 |
| 1957 | 61 | #1,357 |
| 1956 | 62 | #1,318 |
| 1955 | 46 | #1,497 |
| 1954 | 45 | #1,504 |
| 1953 | 49 | #1,388 |
| 1952 | 44 | #1,453 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,664 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,870 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,966 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,588 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,353 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
Names like Gigi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Heidi, Joni, Darcie, Marnie, Robyn, Edie, Thea, Daphne, Gia, Penny, Lara, Lana
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gigi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gigi, updated 20 October 2026.