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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Gillian has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | — | |
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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 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Connecticut#294 · 1 in 1,910
- Massachusetts#328 · 1 in 2,152
- New Jersey#362 · 1 in 2,525
- New York#539 · 1 in 3,814
- Washington#563 · 1 in 3,863
Best ever in a state: #95 in Delaware, 1999.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #294 | 10 | 1 in 1,910 |
| Massachusetts | #328 | 18 | 1 in 2,152 |
| New Jersey | #362 | 19 | 1 in 2,525 |
| New York | #539 | 32 | 1 in 3,814 |
| Washington | #563 | 8 | 1 in 3,863 |
| Colorado | #590 | 5 | 1 in 4,154 |
| Pennsylvania | #683 | 11 | 1 in 6,600 |
| Illinois | #817 | 11 | 1 in 7,137 |
| Ohio | #820 | 8 | 1 in 8,862 |
| Georgia | #835 | 6 | 1 in 7,111 |
| California | #972 | 31 | 1 in 8,466 |
| Florida | #1,022 | 8 | 1 in 9,891 |
| Michigan | #1,118 | 5 | 1 in 12,495 |
| Texas | #1,823 | 6 | 1 in 22,931 |
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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.
See more about Gillian
- 215 spots since 2024 (#3,081 → #3,296)
- 235 spots since 2020 (#3,061 → #3,296)
- 1,553 spots since 2015 (#1,743 → #3,296)
- Biggest jump: 307 spots in 1977 (#1,191 → #884)
- Biggest drop: 203 spots in 2009 (#834 → #1,037)
- Debuted 1922
- Peaked 1999 at #303 (1,022 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1977–1992
- 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%)
- 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.
Gillian in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 7,977 of them was named Gillian, which outranked 94.6% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #819Charmaine240
- #820Mariela239
- #820Symone239
- #822Gillian238
- #822Lynette238
- #822Melina238
- #822Rikki238
- #827Alessandra237
- #827Ella237
- #827Kyle237
Tied with 4 names at #822; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 293,434 of them was named Gillian, which outranked 32.4% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,823Zeferino8
- #5,823Zeno8
- #5,823Zubin8
- #6,415Gillian7
- #6,415Abdias7
- #6,415Abdulmalik7
- #6,415Abdurrahman7
- #7,178Aalap6
- #7,178Abbott6
- #7,178Abdo6
Tied with 762 names at #6,415; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.