Grisel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- gree-SEL
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Grisel is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Grisel mean?
Germanic: Spanish short form of Griselda
Griselda is the famously patient wife in tales by Boccaccio and in Chaucer's Clerk's Tale.
Is Grisel a girl's or a boy's name?
Grisel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Grisel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Grisel, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1984, with 204 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the girls named Grisel in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Grisel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,773 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 37 | #2,925 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,685 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,947 |
| 1984 | 204 | #784 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,857 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,333 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 32 | #2,456 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1973 | 27 | #2,629 |
| 1972 | 26 | #2,680 |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,477 |
| 1970 | 33 | #2,307 |
| 1969 | 30 | #2,350 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,776 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,492 |
| 1966 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1965 | 27 | #2,292 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,921 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,292 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
Names like Grisel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Angel Giselle Rachel Amber Allison April Nicole Jasmine Heidi Amy Jocelyn Mia
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from 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, “Grisel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/grisel, updated 20 October 2026.