Gelsomina

Girls' name

English equivalent of Jasmine

Gelsomina has been given to 15 babies in the U.S. since 1920. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1920, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Gelsomina, 1966

1 in 695,000

Gelsomina over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gelsomina: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Jasmine

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gelsomina means

Gelsomina is a English equivalent of Jasmine.

Origin, language, and formation

Gelsomina is used in Italian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jasmine.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 15 girls were recorded with the name Gelsomina between 1920 and 1966. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1920; its best national rank was #5,141 in 1926.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Gelsomina?

Gelsomina had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1966, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1966: 1 in 695,000; 5 of 3,475,564 births
Among girls only: 1 in 338,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1966: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 481,817 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gelsomina sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1966 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 481,817 children born in 1966 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gelsomina. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gelsominas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gelsomina was born before 1926 — so the typical Gelsomina is around 99 today.

Median birth year: 1926; About 99 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 66.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 33.3%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 66.7% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Gelsomina rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1920 (5)
Years since peak: 105; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #5,141; 1926

Gelsomina around the world

Where Gelsomina ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1963–1963
#1,981
in 1963
South Australia
1956–1975
#675
in 1975

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Gelsomina by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,141; 1926
Peak year: 1920; 5 that year
First recorded: 1920
Last recorded: 1966
All-time count: 15
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gelsomina

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Gelsomina

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Norine Vina Mozelle Marcelle Oleta Syble Adella Mittie

For a brother

Junius Dock Rupert Orin Otha Hilton Casimir Edd

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