Jill

#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,951
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1977 · 6,238 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
27 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
208,071
since 1906

Jill over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #41, 1977girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,72221—
2024#6,16719—
2023#7,24715—
2022#4,47231—
2021#5,95520—
2020#6,32518—
2019#5,61222—
2018#5,45423—
2017#3,55243—
2016#4,42332—
2015#3,98937—
2014#3,13752—
2013#3,40446—
2012#3,64443—
2011#3,01456—
2010#2,56271—
2009#2,35982—
2008#2,18491—
2007#2,14793—
2006#1,539142—
2005#1,741113—
2004#1,614120—
2003#1,332153—
2002#1,376140—
2001#1,127186—
2000#985215—
1999#971213—
1998#808263—
1997#689314—
1996#650343—
1995#565408—
1994#534460—
1993#457546—
1992#397647—
1991#357719—
1990#329835—
1989#2551,057—
1988#1971,333—
1987#1971,409#6,9515
1986#1591,771#5,3327
1985#1432,039#5,1477
1984#1202,326#5,5616
1983#982,787#3,41112
1982#893,270#3,10814
1981#783,857#4,5098
1980#664,558#3,43012
1979#525,192#2,10424
1978#465,676#2,37519
1977#416,238#2,66516
1976#525,283#2,60116
1975#465,728#2,20520
1974#585,061#2,35817
1973#624,538#2,71613
1972#624,824#2,53414
1971#595,724#2,97311
1970#526,806#1,74325
1969#516,666#1,91419
1968#467,521#1,89418
1967#507,398#1,80919
1966#497,871#2,04315
1965#517,820#1,51326
1964#617,242#2,04016
1963#686,300#2,41412
1962#726,170#2,18614
1961#746,137#1,99717
1960#766,019#2,68510
1959#865,554#2,03316
1958#984,809—
1957#1004,729#2,8229
1956#1014,576#2,62810
1955#1024,223#1,97916
1954#1073,968#2,9428
1953#1143,389—
1952#1183,051#3,7345
1951#1302,566—
1950#1412,196—
1949#1521,947—
1948#1501,886#3,6685
1947#1561,859#3,0967
1946#1661,624—
1945#1771,158—
1944#1941,037#2,8627
1943#237811#3,2316
1942#269663—
1941#294490—
1940#321390—
1939#362323—
1938#413265—
1937#481184—
1936#477180—
1935#523151—
1934#530149—
1933#612112—
1932#73484—
1931#79772—
1930#95658—
1929#98154—
1928#1,27136—
1927#1,27838—
1926#1,35734—
1925#2,19117—
1924#2,21217—
1923#1,94420—
1922#2,38715—
1921#2,94111—
1920#2,46314—
1919#2,26415—
1918#4,2916—
1917#4,0836—
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1914#3,6185—
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1912#2,9795—
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First appearance
1906

The first year at least five girls were named Jill! It came in at #1,951, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1906–1909, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Jill is popular in 1947

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedAKMaine: #163 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,000 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #149 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 953 girlsNHWashington: #96 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 445 girlsWAIdaho: #173 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 862 girlsIDMontana: #123 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 573 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #119 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 577 girlsNDMinnesota: #112 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 600 girlsMNIllinois: #96 for girls · 182 births · 1 in 485 girlsILWisconsin: #90 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 489 girlsWIMichigan: #102 for girls · 145 births · 1 in 501 girlsMINew York: #139 for girls · 211 births · 1 in 713 girlsNYMassachusetts: #138 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 1,021 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedRIOregon: #128 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 639 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #138 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 812 girlsSDIowa: #120 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 676 girlsIAIndiana: #115 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 632 girlsINOhio: #106 for girls · 158 births · 1 in 570 girlsOHPennsylvania: #146 for girls · 130 births · 1 in 874 girlsPANew Jersey: #112 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 546 girlsNJConnecticut: #114 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 608 girlsCTCalifornia: #131 for girls · 178 births · 1 in 634 girlsCAUtah: #109 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 455 girlsUTColorado: #135 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 652 girlsCONebraska: #216 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,924 girlsNEMissouri: #204 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,642 girlsMOKentucky: #389 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,537 girlsKYWest Virginia: #312 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,130 girlsWVVirginia: #291 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,661 girlsVAMaryland: #354 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,028 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedDEArizona: #243 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,196 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedNMKansas: #142 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 802 girlsKSArkansas: #397 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,894 girlsARTennessee: #376 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,014 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #362 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,493 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #191 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,171 girlsDCOklahoma: #225 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,538 girlsOKLouisiana: #344 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,351 girlsLAMississippi: #502 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,801 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedALGeorgia: #430 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,854 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedHITexas: #300 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 2,084 girlsTXFlorida: #219 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,355 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#90 · 1 in 489
  2. Washington#96 · 1 in 445
  3. Illinois#96 · 1 in 485
  4. Michigan#102 · 1 in 501
  5. Ohio#106 · 1 in 570

Best ever in a state: #10 in Utah, 1964.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#90761 in 489
Illinois#961821 in 485
Washington#96581 in 445
Michigan#1021451 in 501
Ohio#1061581 in 570
Utah#109191 in 455
Minnesota#112551 in 600
New Jersey#112851 in 546
Connecticut#114321 in 608
Indiana#115681 in 632
North Dakota#119121 in 577
Iowa#120421 in 676
Montana#123101 in 573
Oregon#128241 in 639
California#1311781 in 634
Colorado#135221 in 652
Massachusetts#138481 in 1,021
South Dakota#13881 in 812
New York#1392111 in 713
Kansas#142231 in 802
Pennsylvania#1461301 in 874
New Hampshire#14961 in 953
Maine#163101 in 1,000
Idaho#17371 in 862
District of Columbia#191101 in 1,171
Missouri#204251 in 1,642
Nebraska#21671 in 1,924
Florida#219201 in 1,355
Oklahoma#225151 in 1,538
Arizona#24371 in 1,196
Virginia#291141 in 2,661
Texas#300441 in 2,084
West Virginia#31281 in 3,130
Louisiana#344141 in 2,351
Maryland#35461 in 4,028
North Carolina#362151 in 3,493
Tennessee#376101 in 4,014
Kentucky#38981 in 4,537
Arkansas#39761 in 3,894
Georgia#43091 in 4,854
Mississippi#50251 in 5,801
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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 Jill
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 445 spots since 2024 (#6,167 → #5,722)
  • 603 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #5,722)
  • 1,733 spots since 2015 (#3,989 → #5,722)
  • Biggest jump: 290 spots in 1929 (#1,271 → #981)
  • Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1999 (#808 → #971)
Rise & fade · girls
71 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1906
  • Peaked 1977 at #41 (6,238 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 27 yrs · run 1957–1983
  • Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1929–2000
Share of babies · girls
1 in 215
  • Highest: 1 in 215 girls born in 1966 were named Jill (0.47%)
  • Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #41 in 1977, was only 1 in 246 (0.41%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 33.2% of all girls named Jill (69,144) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#1,951 (1906)#1,951
1910s53#2,140 (1910)#3,355
1920s256#981 (1929)#1,903
1930s1,578#362 (1939)#589
1940s11,865#150 (1948)#212
1950s39,061#86 (1959)#110
1960s69,144#46 (1968)#60
1970s55,070#41 (1977)#53
1980s24,407#66 (1980)#140
1990s4,748#329 (1990)#576
2000s1,335#985 (2000)#1,640
2010s425#2,562 (2010)#3,879
2020s124#4,472 (2022)#5,981

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.

Jill in 1947

girls
#156
1,859 births · 1 in 954 girls
boys
#3,096
7 births · 1 in 261,371 boys

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #156Jill1,859

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #3,096Jill7
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 954 of them was named Jill, which outranked 97.4% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jill
  1. #153Thelma1,902
  2. #154Grace1,883
  3. #155Toni1,862
  4. #156Jill1,859
  5. #157Maryann1,858
  6. #158Eleanor1,853
  7. #159Florence1,850
Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 417Michaele#1,276 → #859
  2. ↑ 385Carlotta#997 → #612
  3. ↑ 332Ricki#1,290 → #958
  4. ↑ 300Daria#1,220 → #920
  5. ↑ 290Ivy#1,087 → #797
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Merlene#961 → #1,302
  2. ↓ 285Beatriz#985 → #1,270
  3. ↓ 276Ruthanne#874 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 253Estela#897 → #1,150
  5. ↓ 242Verla#885 → #1,127

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 261,371 of them was named Jill, which outranked 27.4% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jill
  1. #2,862Yancey8
  2. #2,862Yancy8
  3. #2,862Ygnacio8
  4. #3,096Jill7
  5. #3,096Albaro7
  6. #3,096Albertus7
  7. #3,096Aleck7
  8. #3,370Abdullah6
  9. #3,370Abundio6
  10. #3,370Albion6

Tied with 273 names at #3,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,271Brock#2,271 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 586Shawn#1,509 → #923
  3. ↑ 500Jed#1,475 → #975
  4. ↑ 358Jody#935 → #577
  5. ↑ 355Deryl#1,355 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Hurley#952 → #1,449
  2. ↓ 393Prentice#878 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 362Darvin#935 → #1,297
  4. ↓ 310Lary#826 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 303Judith#856 → #1,159

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1947 →