Gilles
- Last seen for boys in 2001 at #9,243
- Peak · boys
- 1946 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 359since 1923
Gilles over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Gilles has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
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| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
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| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | — | |
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| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,139 | 8 |
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| 1923 | #4,239 | 5 |
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First appearance
1923
The first year at least five boys were named Gilles! It came in at #4,239, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1923–1925, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Gilles is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Gilles in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1923
- Peaked 1946 at #2,030 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1947, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 85,201
- Highest: 1 in 85,201 boys born in 1928 were named Gilles (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 323,814 boys born in 2001 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,030 in 1946, was only 1 in 124,925 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 22.8% of all boys named Gilles (82) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 35 | #2,270 (1928) | #3,104 |
| 1930s | 60 | #2,396 (1935) | #3,145 |
| 1940s | 75 | #2,030 (1946) | #2,762 |
| 1950s | 82 | #2,376 (1952) | #2,780 |
| 1960s | 58 | #2,538 (1961) | #3,329 |
| 1970s | 33 | #4,375 (1971) | #5,102 |
| 1980s | 10 | #6,523 (1985) | #6,622 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 6 | #9,243 (2001) | #9,243 |
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.
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