Gill

Last seen for girls in 1966 at #6,564 · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #12,055
Given to boys 95.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1884 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,218
since 1884

Gill over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Gill has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201884peak #971, 1884boys
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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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2006#12,0555
2005#8,2998
2004#11,3565
2003
2002#10,6675
2001
2000#9,1126
1999#6,5309
1998#7,5607
1997#9,2655
1996#4,87812
1995#7,7926
1994#8,8005
1993#5,36010
1992#5,23610
1991#7,2716
1990#5,3829
1989#7,9055
1988#6,4266
1987#6,0896
1986#5,3327
1985#3,80511
1984#5,5616
1983#3,63011
1982#3,48212
1981#4,5098
1980#6,2505
1979#4,0689
1978#3,8579
1977#4,1648
1976#3,47110
1975#3,6599
1974#3,5589
1973#2,71613
1972#2,65913
1971#2,68613
1970#2,62113
1969#2,13016
1968#1,96217
1967#2,35212
1966#6,5645#2,13214
1965#1,72021
1964#4,35510#1,61524
1963#1,51327
1962#5,8606#1,47928
1961#1,52128
1960#1,65824
1959#1,21241
1958#1,20441
1957#6,0865#1,38832
1956#4,4678#1,14044
1955#5,2086#1,24037
1954#1,29234
1953#5,6735#1,30433
1952#1,26834
1951#1,11042
1950#1,12340
1949#5,2445#1,43426
1948#4,6516#1,29631
1947#1,33630
1946#1,69218
1945#1,85214
1944#3,1096
1943#1,52921
1942#2,14512
1941#1,82115
1940#2,17911
1939#2,6098
1938#3,1756
1937#3,5185
1936#2,6298
1935#2,9517
1934#2,9737
1933#2,09312
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1929#3,2477
1928#2,65910
1927#3,7806
1926#3,7086
1925#2,75510
1924#3,0239
1923
1922#4,3075
1921#3,5177
1920#3,4897
1919#3,7366
1918
1917
1916#3,1777
1915
1914#2,4578
1913#2,0928
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1884#9715
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First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Gill! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Gill
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1884 at #971 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1884
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,888
  • Highest: 1 in 22,888 boys born in 1884 were named Gill (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 411,055 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 31.0% of all boys named Gill (378) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#971 (1884)#971
1890s0
1900s0
1910s29#2,092 (1913)#2,866
1920s67#2,659 (1928)#3,387
1930s53#2,093 (1933)#2,850
1940s184#1,296 (1948)#1,839
1950s378#1,110 (1951)#1,228
1960s211#1,479 (1962)#1,808
1970s106#2,621 (1970)#3,346
1980s77#3,482 (1982)#5,299
1990s79#4,878 (1996)#6,807
2000s29#8,299 (2005)#10,298

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.

Gill in 1884

boys
#971
5 births · 1 in 22,888 boys

Top boys' names in 1884

  1. #1John9,388
  2. #2William8,897
  3. #3James5,693
  4. #4George4,961
  5. #5Charles4,802
  6. #6Frank3,218
  7. #7Joseph2,707
  8. #8Thomas2,572
  9. #9Henry2,474
  10. #10Robert2,468
  11. #971Gill5
More about 1884

boys

114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 22,888 of them was named Gill, which outranked 13.7% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Gill
  1. #848Whit6
  2. #848Wilhelm6
  3. #848Zollie6
  4. #971Gill5
  5. #971Abb5
  6. #971Ace5
  7. #971Aden5

Tied with 154 names at #971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1883
Risers
  1. 404Pierce#892#488
  2. 388Harlan#892#504
  3. 372Buck#892#520
  4. 345Noel#892#547
  5. 323Cleve#527#204
Fallers
  1. 444Ernie#527#971
  2. 415Chin#556#971
  3. 388Newt#460#848
  4. 369Cal#479#848
  5. 351Omar#497#848

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

See the top 100 for 1884