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Gigi

#2,831 in 2025Girls' name

Diminutive of Gisèle or Gilberte or Georgette or Virginie

Gigi has been given to 4,472 babies in the U.S. since 1940. In 2025 it ranked #2,831 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1962, with 271 recorded.

Babies named Gigi, 2025

1 in 55,300

Gigi over time, 1880–2025

Girls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gigi: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Gisèle or Gilberte or Georgette or Virginie

French

What Gigi means

Gigi is a diminutive of Gisèle or Gilberte or Georgette or Virginie.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from French Gigi. Sometimes a pet form of English names such as Virginia or Genesis. Occasionally from initials G.G. (e.g. George General 'Gigi' Gryce).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Gigi (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Gigi is used in English, French and Italian. Its origins include French.

Gigi comes through French Gigi.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Gisèle, Gilberte, Georgette, Virginie and Luigi.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Gigi is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒid͡ʒi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,472 girls were recorded with the name Gigi between 1940 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 271 in 1962; its best national rank was #608 in 1962.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,476 in 2020 to #2,831 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,794 in 2015 to #2,831 in 2025.

How common is Gigi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 55,300
60 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 26,800
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,831
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
38,299 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Gigi 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 2025 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 38,299 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gigi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gigis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gigi was born before 1966 — so the typical Gigi is around 59 today.

Median birth year
1966
About 59 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
38.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
25.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
4,367
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1960s — 38.1% of all recorded uses (1,704).

Is Gigi 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
−262
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−355
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+963
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.50×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
22.1%
Peak was 1962 (271)
Years since peak
63
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#608
1962

Spellings of Gigi

Gigi is not the most common spelling — Gina is, with 67.2% against Gigi's 2.0%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Gigi is used

Across 2016–2025, Gigi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 12,500 girls, against 1 in 21,857 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in 100,000).

18 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 12,500
  2. 2Utah1 in 12,500
  3. 3New York1 in 20,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 33,333
  5. 5Texas1 in 33,333
  6. 6Minnesota1 in 50,000
  7. 7Washington1 in 50,000
  8. 8Illinois1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Gigi around the world

Where Gigi 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.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #460
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2021–2025
    #284
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2021–2025
    #231
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2021–2025
    #483
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2002–2024
    #2,104
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1997–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Gigi

People whose public names include Gigi, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Gigi by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,831
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 355
Best rank ever
#608
1962
Peak year
1962
271 that year
First recorded
1940
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,472
Count in 2025
60

Names similar to Gigi

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

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Names with a curve like Gigi

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Gigi, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

LizLeisaSuzyZinaMigdaliaSuzieLorriPenniLesiaCyndiGlynisGwyn

Sibling names for Gigi

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

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