Gigi

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A few things about Gigi you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Gigi

Gigi Fernández

Puerto Rican professional tennis player

Choose Gigi and your child shares a first name with Gigi Fernández, a Puerto Rican professional tennis player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Gigi, like who?” Gigi Fernández's Wikipedia article is available in 35 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Robbie Mendelson, CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 26,810 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Gigi, 60 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Gigi would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryGigi first shows up in US birth records in 1940, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 85 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1962, when it ranked #608. Today it's #2,822, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📈Then vs nowGigi is 2.9× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 78,740 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 26,810.
• 🍂TrendGigi has slipped 354 places over the last five years and now sits at #2,822. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.

About the name Gigi

Gigi is a girl name of English, French and German origin. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with G and ending in “-igi”. US birth records list Gigi for girls from 1940 to 2025, in 85 of those 86 years. Its best year was 1962, when it ranked #608 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #2,822, with 60 babies.

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