Yissel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- yee-SEL
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Yissel is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Yissel come from?
Germanic: spelling of Yisel; probably a Latin American respelling of Gisel (Giselle)
Meaning borrowed from Yisel.
Is Yissel a girl's or a boy's name?
Yissel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yissel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Yissel, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Yissel in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yissel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
Names like Yissel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Itzel Skylar Emma Campbell Chloe Zoe Giselle Avery Lily Ellie Jordyn Presley
Names related to Yissel
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Alice
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, “Yissel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yissel, updated 20 October 2026.