Gillian
- #3,296 for girls in 2025, 47 births
- Last seen for boys in 2016 at #10,744
- Given to girls 99.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 1,022 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 16,059since 1922
Gillian over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Gillian has never cracked the top 300 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 | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,296 | 47 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,081 | 52 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,181 | 51 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,123 | 52 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,157 | 51 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,061 | 52 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,814 | 59 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,145 | 88 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,283 | 81 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,908 | 105 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #1,743 | 120 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,684 | 125 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,725 | 120 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,392 | 166 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,266 | 188 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,153 | 211 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #1,037 | 251 | — | |
| 2008 | #834 | 339 | — | |
| 2007 | #790 | 366 | — | |
| 2006 | #758 | 362 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #659 | 420 | — | |
| 2004 | #556 | 513 | — | |
| 2003 | #467 | 638 | — | |
| 2002 | #388 | 761 | — | |
| 2001 | #348 | 863 | — | |
| 2000 | #325 | 976 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #303 | 1,022 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #331 | 890 | — | |
| 1997 | #395 | 659 | — | |
| 1996 | #604 | 379 | — | |
| 1995 | #870 | 221 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,105 | 162 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,044 | 176 | — | |
| 1992 | #969 | 197 | — | |
| 1991 | #923 | 208 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #822 | 238 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #748 | 263 | — | |
| 1988 | #683 | 281 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #692 | 265 | — | |
| 1986 | #802 | 209 | — | |
| 1985 | #737 | 234 | — | |
| 1984 | #671 | 255 | — | |
| 1983 | #727 | 227 | — | |
| 1982 | #686 | 255 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #743 | 222 | — | |
| 1980 | #884 | 173 | — | |
| 1979 | #878 | 174 | — | |
| 1978 | #846 | 175 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #884 | 162 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,191 | 95 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,155 | 100 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,070 | 110 | — | |
| 1973 | #897 | 139 | — | |
| 1972 | #949 | 128 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,021 | 121 | — | |
| 1970 | #997 | 125 | — | |
| 1969 | #943 | 127 | — | |
| 1968 | #958 | 116 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,155 | 84 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,171 | 83 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,187 | 82 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,344 | 70 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,429 | 61 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,376 | 65 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,580 | 51 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,820 | 19 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,881 | 35 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,260 | 25 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,957 | 31 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,151 | 26 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,255 | 19 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,089 | 22 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | — | |
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| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1922
The first year at least five girls were named Gillian! It came in at #5,009, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1922–1936, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Gillian is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Ohio#1,271 · 1 in 7,878
- California#2,487 · 1 in 23,103
- Texas#2,921 · 1 in 26,757
Best ever in a state: #95 in Delaware, 1999.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | #1,271 | 6 | 1 in 7,878 |
| California | #2,487 | 7 | 1 in 23,103 |
| Texas | #2,921 | 6 | 1 in 26,757 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 235 spots since 2020 (#3,061 → #3,296)
- Biggest jump: 307 spots in 1977
- Biggest drop: 203 spots in 2009
Rise & fade · girls
77 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1922
- Peaked 1999 at #303 (1,022 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1977–1992
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,736
- Highest: 1 in 1,736 girls born in 1999 were named Gillian (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 34,197 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 34.2% of all girls named Gillian (5,489) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #5,009 (1922) | #5,009 |
| 1930s | 12 | #3,800 (1937) | #3,824 |
| 1940s | 128 | #2,013 (1949) | #2,885 |
| 1950s | 234 | #1,881 (1959) | #2,276 |
| 1960s | 758 | #943 (1969) | #1,396 |
| 1970s | 1,329 | #846 (1978) | #989 |
| 1980s | 2,384 | #671 (1984) | #737 |
| 1990s | 4,152 | #303 (1999) | #737 |
| 2000s | 5,489 | #325 (2000) | #616 |
| 2010s | 1,263 | #1,153 (2010) | #1,811 |
| 2020s | 305 | #3,061 (2020) | #3,150 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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