Jillian
#1,261 for girls in 2025, 177 births · Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 3,056 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 83,197since 1944
Jillian over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #1,261 | 177 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,128 | 214 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,135 | 214 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,082 | 232 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,010 | 253 | — | |
| 2020 | #957 | 267 | — | |
| 2019 | #786 | 353 | — | |
| 2018 | #734 | 383 | — | |
| 2017 | #574 | 525 | — | |
| 2016 | #517 | 602 | — | |
| 2015 | #440 | 721 | — | |
| 2014 | #385 | 848 | — | |
| 2013 | #342 | 945 | — | |
| 2012 | #286 | 1,102 | — | |
| 2011 | #221 | 1,431 | — | |
| 2010 | #169 | 1,820 | — | |
| 2009 | #157 | 2,041 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #174 | 1,905 | — | |
| 2007 | #187 | 1,787 | — | |
| 2006 | #174 | 2,004 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #161 | 2,121 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #152 | 2,179 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #135 | 2,425 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #125 | 2,734 | — | |
| 2001 | #120 | 2,847 | — | |
| 2000 | #120 | 2,779 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #142 | 2,280 | — | |
| 1998 | #158 | 2,015 | — | |
| 1997 | #166 | 1,849 | — | |
| 1996 | #199 | 1,462 | — | |
| 1995 | #197 | 1,503 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #191 | 1,542 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #157 | 1,980 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #149 | 2,041 | — | |
| 1991 | #136 | 2,377 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #122 | 2,676 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #106 | 2,922 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #104 | 2,746 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #99 | 2,793 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #107 | 2,587 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #115 | 2,475 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #106 | 2,624 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #115 | 2,514 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #96 | 3,056 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #137 | 2,079 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #171 | 1,650 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #179 | 1,506 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #194 | 1,339 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #236 | 1,054 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #612 | 255 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,269 | 88 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,278 | 84 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,169 | 93 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,105 | 101 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,516 | 66 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,389 | 75 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,755 | 48 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,236 | 78 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,751 | 43 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,094 | 31 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,247 | 28 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,109 | 32 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | — | |
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jillian! It came in at #4,574, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1944–1946, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jillian is popular in 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#28 · 1 in 130
- New Hampshire#44 · 1 in 154
- Connecticut#45 · 1 in 207
- Rhode Island#46 · 1 in 168
- New Jersey#51 · 1 in 233
Best ever in a state: #28 in Massachusetts, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #28 | 251 | 1 in 130 |
| New Hampshire | #44 | 36 | 1 in 154 |
| Connecticut | #45 | 76 | 1 in 207 |
| Rhode Island | #46 | 28 | 1 in 168 |
| New Jersey | #51 | 164 | 1 in 233 |
| New York | #54 | 347 | 1 in 296 |
| Delaware | #68 | 11 | 1 in 271 |
| Maine | #72 | 19 | 1 in 328 |
| Pennsylvania | #75 | 191 | 1 in 366 |
| Illinois | #81 | 184 | 1 in 404 |
| Michigan | #88 | 131 | 1 in 440 |
| Nevada | #91 | 12 | 1 in 398 |
| Nebraska | #93 | 26 | 1 in 414 |
| Ohio | #93 | 149 | 1 in 480 |
| Washington | #93 | 60 | 1 in 459 |
| Indiana | #94 | 71 | 1 in 496 |
| Colorado | #97 | 46 | 1 in 479 |
| Minnesota | #100 | 59 | 1 in 496 |
| Arizona | #108 | 40 | 1 in 504 |
| Iowa | #110 | 36 | 1 in 523 |
| Alabama | #111 | 42 | 1 in 521 |
| Alaska | #111 | 8 | 1 in 428 |
| Kentucky | #113 | 44 | 1 in 540 |
| Vermont | #114 | 6 | 1 in 463 |
| West Virginia | #114 | 20 | 1 in 566 |
| Montana | #115 | 11 | 1 in 441 |
| Wyoming | #116 | 7 | 1 in 477 |
| Oregon | #117 | 29 | 1 in 563 |
| Florida | #122 | 89 | 1 in 637 |
| California | #125 | 289 | 1 in 643 |
| Idaho | #127 | 13 | 1 in 529 |
| Oklahoma | #129 | 35 | 1 in 645 |
| Arkansas | #130 | 21 | 1 in 608 |
| Hawaii | #133 | 10 | 1 in 513 |
| Georgia | #143 | 50 | 1 in 698 |
| Wisconsin | #151 | 36 | 1 in 873 |
| Kansas | #160 | 19 | 1 in 817 |
| South Carolina | #160 | 23 | 1 in 778 |
| Maryland | #162 | 27 | 1 in 825 |
| Utah | #162 | 21 | 1 in 781 |
| Virginia | #164 | 34 | 1 in 906 |
| North Carolina | #170 | 39 | 1 in 877 |
| Louisiana | #172 | 36 | 1 in 880 |
| South Dakota | #194 | 5 | 1 in 948 |
| Missouri | #195 | 28 | 1 in 1,150 |
| Texas | #195 | 122 | 1 in 1,065 |
| Tennessee | #209 | 24 | 1 in 1,169 |
| Mississippi | #219 | 15 | 1 in 1,065 |
| New Mexico | #238 | 9 | 1 in 1,077 |
| District of Columbia | #254 | 5 | 1 in 1,149 |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
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 Jillian
- 133 spots since 2024 (#1,128 → #1,261)
- 304 spots since 2020 (#957 → #1,261)
- 821 spots since 2015 (#440 → #1,261)
- Biggest jump: 657 spots in 1976 (#1,269 → #612)
- Biggest drop: 171 spots in 2020 (#786 → #957)
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 1982 at #96 (3,056 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · 1982–1987
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1976–2020
- Highest: 1 in 554 girls born in 1982 were named Jillian (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,081 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 30.6% of all girls named Jillian (25,446) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 37 | #2,637 (1947) | #3,857 |
| 1950s | 86 | #3,150 (1957) | #4,308 |
| 1960s | 333 | #1,236 (1968) | #2,317 |
| 1970s | 4,661 | #179 (1979) | #895 |
| 1980s | 25,446 | #96 (1982) | #116 |
| 1990s | 19,725 | #122 (1990) | #162 |
| 2000s | 22,822 | #120 (2001) | #151 |
| 2010s | 8,730 | #169 (2010) | #445 |
| 2020s | 1,357 | #957 (2020) | #1,096 |
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.
Jillian in 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
Top boys' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 554 of them was named Jillian, which outranked 99.2% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 129,603 of them was named Jillian, which outranked 57.8% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,972Zachari15
- #2,972Zavier15
- #2,972Zebulun15
- #3,108Jillian14
- #3,108Adell14
- #3,108Aleksander14
- #3,108Alen14
- #3,282Acie13
- #3,282Adem13
- #3,282Adriano13
Tied with 173 names at #3,108; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.