Gillis
- Last seen for boys in 2001 at #9,243
- Peak · boys
- 1900 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 712since 1900
Gillis over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Gillis has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
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| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
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| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #1,683 | 20 |
| 1950 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #2,115 | 13 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #1,633 | 17 |
| 1944 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #1,770 | 16 |
| 1932 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,589 | 10 |
| 1928 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #1,753 | 20 |
| 1922 | #1,883 | 18 |
| 1921 | #2,265 | 14 |
| 1920 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #1,882 | 17 |
| 1918 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #1,698 | 18 |
| 1915 | #1,660 | 18 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #1,417 | 12 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
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| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
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| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1900
The first year at least five boys were named Gillis! It came in at #1,310, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Gillis is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Gillis 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
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1900 at #1,310 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 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 30,095
- Highest: 1 in 30,095 boys born in 1900 were named Gillis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 323,814 boys born in 2001 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 19.4% of all boys named Gillis (138) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 | #1,310 (1900) | #1,375 |
| 1910s | 98 | #1,417 (1912) | #1,980 |
| 1920s | 138 | #1,753 (1923) | #2,267 |
| 1930s | 117 | #1,770 (1933) | #2,245 |
| 1940s | 120 | #1,633 (1945) | #2,201 |
| 1950s | 127 | #1,683 (1951) | #2,318 |
| 1960s | 61 | #2,300 (1963) | #3,016 |
| 1970s | 25 | #3,837 (1974) | #4,793 |
| 1980s | 10 | #6,385 (1982) | #6,454 |
| 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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