Gigi
Gigi is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 69 births. Its best rank was 608th, in 1962.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 690.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1962271 births
- Best rank
- #608in 1962
- Since 1940
- 4,412people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,412 girls have been named Gigi in the United States since 1940, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1962, with 271 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1966, and the 1960s alone account for 39%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1962, its biggest year
Gigi was the 608th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1962 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Linda. See all of 1962.
Names that rose and fell with Gigi
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lizpeak 1961
- Leciapeak 1961
- Suzypeak 1962
- Glynispeak 1963
- Darlapeak 1963
- Marybethpeak 1961
- Lorripeak 1961
- Suziepeak 1962
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.