At a glance
- U.S. rank 2025
- #5,722 of girl names (outside the top 1,000)
- Babies in 2025
- 21 (<0.01% of girls)
- Trend
- Steady #6,325 in 2020 to #5,722 in 2025
- Peak
- #41 in 1977
- First recorded
- 1906
Meaning of Jill
In the sunlit hush of a Tuscan morning, Jill unfolds like a pale rose, its petals echoing a medieval English legacy—short for Gillian, itself a gentle offshoot of Julianus, the Latin word for “youthful.” Though most often gracing the names of girls, Jill’s crisp consonants and soft vowel invite any child, boy or girl, to carry its unisex charm with grace. It conjures nursery-rhyme nostalgia—Jack and Jill tumbling home with pails of water—and yet, in its simplicity, it offers a canvas for fresh dreams: a bambina picking olives beneath an ancient cypress, a bambino racing along sun-drenched cobblestones. Popular through the ’70s and ’80s, Jill has, like a well-loved fresco, weathered time’s gentle erosion: once glittering near the top of the charts, it now whispers at rank 931, a quiet testament to enduring warmth and timeless elegance.
How to pronounce Jill
English
- Pronounced JIL /dʒɪl/
Popularity of Jill in the U.S.
Jill was the #5,722 girl name in the U.S. in 2025, with 21 babies. It peaked at #41 in 1977. It first appears in the records in 1906.
- Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Year-by-year table, 1906–2025 115 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | 5,722 | ▲ 445 |
| 2024 | 19 | 6,167 | ▲ 1,080 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,247 | ▼ 2,775 |
| 2022 | 31 | 4,472 | ▲ 1,483 |
| 2021 | 20 | 5,955 | ▲ 370 |
| 2020 | 18 | 6,325 | ▼ 713 |
| 2019 | 22 | 5,612 | ▼ 158 |
| 2018 | 23 | 5,454 | ▼ 1,902 |
| 2017 | 43 | 3,552 | ▲ 871 |
| 2016 | 32 | 4,423 | ▼ 434 |
| 2015 | 37 | 3,989 | ▼ 852 |
| 2014 | 52 | 3,137 | ▲ 267 |
| 2013 | 46 | 3,404 | ▲ 240 |
| 2012 | 43 | 3,644 | ▼ 630 |
| 2011 | 56 | 3,014 | ▼ 452 |
| 2010 | 71 | 2,562 | ▼ 203 |
| 2009 | 82 | 2,359 | ▼ 175 |
| 2008 | 91 | 2,184 | ▼ 37 |
| 2007 | 93 | 2,147 | ▼ 608 |
| 2006 | 142 | 1,539 | ▲ 202 |
| 2005 | 113 | 1,741 | ▼ 127 |
| 2004 | 120 | 1,614 | ▼ 282 |
| 2003 | 153 | 1,332 | ▲ 44 |
| 2002 | 140 | 1,376 | ▼ 249 |
| 2001 | 186 | 1,127 | ▼ 142 |
| 2000 | 215 | 985 | ▼ 14 |
| 1999 | 213 | 971 | ▼ 163 |
| 1998 | 263 | 808 | ▼ 119 |
| 1997 | 314 | 689 | ▼ 39 |
| 1996 | 343 | 650 | ▼ 85 |
| 1995 | 408 | 565 | ▼ 31 |
| 1994 | 460 | 534 | ▼ 77 |
| 1993 | 546 | 457 | ▼ 60 |
| 1992 | 647 | 397 | ▼ 40 |
| 1991 | 719 | 357 | ▼ 28 |
| 1990 | 835 | 329 | ▼ 74 |
| 1989 | 1,057 | 255 | ▼ 58 |
| 1988 | 1,333 | 197 | – |
| 1987 | 1,409 | 197 | ▼ 38 |
| 1986 | 1,771 | 159 | ▼ 16 |
| 1985 | 2,039 | 143 | ▼ 23 |
| 1984 | 2,326 | 120 | ▼ 22 |
| 1983 | 2,787 | 98 | ▼ 9 |
| 1982 | 3,270 | 89 | ▼ 11 |
| 1981 | 3,857 | 78 | ▼ 12 |
| 1980 | 4,558 | 66 | ▼ 14 |
| 1979 | 5,192 | 52 | ▼ 6 |
| 1978 | 5,676 | 46 | ▼ 5 |
| 1977 | 6,238 | 41 | ▲ 11 |
| 1976 | 5,283 | 52 | ▼ 6 |
| 1975 | 5,728 | 46 | ▲ 12 |
| 1974 | 5,061 | 58 | ▲ 4 |
| 1973 | 4,538 | 62 | – |
| 1972 | 4,824 | 62 | ▼ 3 |
| 1971 | 5,724 | 59 | ▼ 7 |
| 1970 | 6,806 | 52 | ▼ 1 |
| 1969 | 6,666 | 51 | ▼ 5 |
| 1968 | 7,521 | 46 | ▲ 4 |
| 1967 | 7,398 | 50 | ▼ 1 |
| 1966 | 7,871 | 49 | ▲ 2 |
| 1965 | 7,820 | 51 | ▲ 10 |
| 1964 | 7,242 | 61 | ▲ 7 |
| 1963 | 6,300 | 68 | ▲ 4 |
| 1962 | 6,170 | 72 | ▲ 2 |
| 1961 | 6,137 | 74 | ▲ 2 |
| 1960 | 6,019 | 76 | ▲ 10 |
| 1959 | 5,554 | 86 | ▲ 12 |
| 1958 | 4,809 | 98 | ▲ 2 |
| 1957 | 4,729 | 100 | ▲ 1 |
| 1956 | 4,576 | 101 | ▲ 1 |
| 1955 | 4,223 | 102 | ▲ 5 |
| 1954 | 3,968 | 107 | ▲ 7 |
| 1953 | 3,389 | 114 | ▲ 4 |
| 1952 | 3,051 | 118 | ▲ 12 |
| 1951 | 2,566 | 130 | ▲ 11 |
| 1950 | 2,196 | 141 | ▲ 11 |
| 1949 | 1,947 | 152 | ▼ 2 |
| 1948 | 1,886 | 150 | ▲ 6 |
| 1947 | 1,859 | 156 | ▲ 10 |
| 1946 | 1,624 | 166 | ▲ 11 |
| 1945 | 1,158 | 177 | ▲ 17 |
| 1944 | 1,037 | 194 | ▲ 43 |
| 1943 | 811 | 237 | ▲ 32 |
| 1942 | 663 | 269 | ▲ 25 |
| 1941 | 490 | 294 | ▲ 27 |
| 1940 | 390 | 321 | ▲ 41 |
| 1939 | 323 | 362 | ▲ 51 |
| 1938 | 265 | 413 | ▲ 68 |
| 1937 | 184 | 481 | ▼ 4 |
| 1936 | 180 | 477 | ▲ 46 |
| 1935 | 151 | 523 | ▲ 7 |
| 1934 | 149 | 530 | ▲ 82 |
| 1933 | 112 | 612 | ▲ 122 |
| 1932 | 84 | 734 | ▲ 63 |
| 1931 | 72 | 797 | ▲ 159 |
| 1930 | 58 | 956 | ▲ 25 |
| 1929 | 54 | 981 | ▲ 290 |
| 1928 | 36 | 1,271 | ▲ 7 |
| 1927 | 38 | 1,278 | ▲ 79 |
| 1926 | 34 | 1,357 | ▲ 834 |
| 1925 | 17 | 2,191 | ▲ 21 |
| 1924 | 17 | 2,212 | ▼ 268 |
| 1923 | 20 | 1,944 | ▲ 443 |
| 1922 | 15 | 2,387 | ▲ 554 |
| 1921 | 11 | 2,941 | ▼ 478 |
| 1920 | 14 | 2,463 | ▼ 199 |
| 1919 | 15 | 2,264 | ▲ 2,027 |
| 1918 | 6 | 4,291 | ▼ 208 |
| 1917 | 6 | 4,083 | back (not recorded in 1916) |
| 1915 | 5 | 4,274 | ▼ 656 |
| 1914 | 5 | 3,618 | ▼ 431 |
| 1913 | 5 | 3,187 | ▼ 208 |
| 1912 | 5 | 2,979 | back (not recorded in 1911) |
| 1910 | 6 | 2,140 | back (not recorded in 1907–1909) |
| 1906 | 5 | 1,951 | new |
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