Gil
#4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
- Peak · boys
- 1957 · 124 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,971since 1914
Gil over time
Rank among boys' names. Gil has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,857 | 20 |
| 2024 | #3,986 | 27 |
| 2023 | #3,629 | 31 |
| 2022 | #4,570 | 22 |
| 2021 | #5,110 | 18 |
| 2020 | #4,275 | 23 |
| 2019 | #3,899 | 27 |
| 2018 | #3,708 | 29 |
| 2017 | #3,312 | 34 |
| 2016 | #3,441 | 32 |
| 2015 | #3,431 | 32 |
| 2014 | #3,371 | 32 |
| 2013 | #4,064 | 24 |
| 2012 | #3,059 | 37 |
| 2011 | #3,306 | 33 |
| 2010 | #2,914 | 40 |
| 2009 | #3,274 | 34 |
| 2008 | #2,467 | 51 |
| 2007 | #2,721 | 44 |
| 2006 | #1,994 | 67 |
| 2005 | #2,614 | 42 |
| 2004 | #2,102 | 56 |
| 2003 | #2,269 | 47 |
| 2002 | #2,428 | 41 |
| 2001 | #2,429 | 40 |
| 2000 | #2,136 | 47 |
| 1999 | #2,398 | 37 |
| 1998 | #1,811 | 55 |
| 1997 | #1,859 | 50 |
| 1996 | #1,500 | 67 |
| 1995 | #1,801 | 48 |
| 1994 | #2,041 | 40 |
| 1993 | #1,741 | 49 |
| 1992 | #1,510 | 59 |
| 1991 | #1,615 | 52 |
| 1990 | #1,615 | 51 |
| 1989 | #1,590 | 50 |
| 1988 | #1,553 | 47 |
| 1987 | #1,400 | 52 |
| 1986 | #1,725 | 36 |
| 1985 | #1,504 | 44 |
| 1984 | #1,096 | 67 |
| 1983 | #1,327 | 49 |
| 1982 | #1,293 | 52 |
| 1981 | #1,309 | 50 |
| 1980 | #1,166 | 61 |
| 1979 | #1,464 | 41 |
| 1978 | #1,258 | 51 |
| 1977 | #1,252 | 50 |
| 1976 | #1,154 | 55 |
| 1975 | #1,208 | 49 |
| 1974 | #1,198 | 48 |
| 1973 | #1,231 | 45 |
| 1972 | #1,107 | 54 |
| 1971 | #985 | 68 |
| 1970 | #1,103 | 55 |
| 1969 | #965 | 63 |
| 1968 | #1,068 | 48 |
| 1967 | #822 | 76 |
| 1966 | #860 | 71 |
| 1965 | #771 | 91 |
| 1964 | #742 | 107 |
| 1963 | #740 | 109 |
| 1962 | #715 | 115 |
| 1961 | #694 | 121 |
| 1960 | #767 | 99 |
| 1959 | #708 | 118 |
| 1958 | #699 | 115 |
| 1957 | #685 | 124 |
| 1956 | #756 | 94 |
| 1955 | #855 | 74 |
| 1954 | #722 | 100 |
| 1953 | #744 | 92 |
| 1952 | #794 | 78 |
| 1951 | #847 | 68 |
| 1950 | #960 | 52 |
| 1949 | #872 | 62 |
| 1948 | #933 | 55 |
| 1947 | #956 | 55 |
| 1946 | #1,094 | 40 |
| 1945 | #971 | 43 |
| 1944 | #1,193 | 31 |
| 1943 | #1,529 | 21 |
| 1942 | #1,268 | 30 |
| 1941 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1939 | #1,458 | 21 |
| 1938 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,481 | 21 |
| 1936 | #1,872 | 14 |
| 1935 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #1,693 | 18 |
| 1930 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,002 | 15 |
| 1928 | #1,480 | 25 |
| 1927 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #2,259 | 12 |
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| 1914 | #1,868 | 12 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Gil! It came in at #1,868, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Gil is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#452 · 1 in 10,519
- New York#489 · 1 in 9,975
- California#502 · 1 in 7,875
- Georgia#554 · 1 in 9,566
- Texas#600 · 1 in 8,543
Best ever in a state: #235 in New Mexico, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #452 | 6 | 1 in 10,519 |
| New York | #489 | 18 | 1 in 9,975 |
| California | #502 | 24 | 1 in 7,875 |
| Georgia | #554 | 5 | 1 in 9,566 |
| Texas | #600 | 14 | 1 in 8,543 |
| Illinois | #688 | 6 | 1 in 18,984 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Gil
- 871 spots since 2024 (#3,986 → #4,857)
- 582 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #4,857)
- 1,426 spots since 2015 (#3,431 → #4,857)
- Biggest jump: 222 spots in 1945 (#1,193 → #971)
- Biggest drop: 246 spots in 1968 (#822 → #1,068)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1957 at #685 (124 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1947–1967
- Highest: 1 in 17,397 boys born in 1957 were named Gil (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 85,404 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.4% of all boys named Gil (915) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 39 | #1,868 (1914) | #2,693 |
| 1920s | 114 | #1,480 (1928) | #2,755 |
| 1930s | 160 | #1,458 (1939) | #1,880 |
| 1940s | 381 | #872 (1949) | #1,179 |
| 1950s | 915 | #685 (1957) | #777 |
| 1960s | 900 | #694 (1961) | #814 |
| 1970s | 516 | #985 (1971) | #1,196 |
| 1980s | 508 | #1,096 (1984) | #1,396 |
| 1990s | 508 | #1,500 (1996) | #1,789 |
| 2000s | 469 | #1,994 (2006) | #2,443 |
| 2010s | 320 | #2,914 (2010) | #3,451 |
| 2020s | 141 | #3,629 (2023) | #4,405 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Gil in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 17,555 of them was named Gil, which outranked 85.1% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).