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
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,218since 1884
Gill over time
Rank among boys' names. Gill has never cracked the top 900 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,878 | 12 | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,805 | 11 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,482 | 12 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,471 | 10 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,659 | 13 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,686 | 13 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,621 | 13 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,352 | 12 | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #2,132 | 14 |
| 1965 | — | #1,720 | 21 | |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #1,615 | 24 |
| 1963 | — | #1,513 | 27 | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #1,479 | 28 |
| 1961 | — | #1,521 | 28 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,658 | 24 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,212 | 41 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,204 | 41 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #1,388 | 32 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #1,140 | 44 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #1,240 | 37 |
| 1954 | — | #1,292 | 34 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #1,304 | 33 |
| 1952 | — | #1,268 | 34 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,110 | 42 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,123 | 40 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1947 | — | #1,336 | 30 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,692 | 18 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,529 | 21 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,145 | 12 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,821 | 15 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,179 | 11 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,629 | 8 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,973 | 7 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,093 | 12 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
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| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,659 | 10 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,755 | 10 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,023 | 9 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
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| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #971 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1884
- 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%)
- 31.0% of all boys named Gill (378) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #971 (1884) | #971 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 29 | #2,092 (1913) | #2,866 |
| 1920s | 67 | #2,659 (1928) | #3,387 |
| 1930s | 53 | #2,093 (1933) | #2,850 |
| 1940s | 184 | #1,296 (1948) | #1,839 |
| 1950s | 378 | #1,110 (1951) | #1,228 |
| 1960s | 211 | #1,479 (1962) | #1,808 |
| 1970s | 106 | #2,621 (1970) | #3,346 |
| 1980s | 77 | #3,482 (1982) | #5,299 |
| 1990s | 79 | #4,878 (1996) | #6,807 |
| 2000s | 29 | #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 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
Top boys' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 325,880 of them was named Gill, which outranked 22.6% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,740Zelpha7
- #4,740Zeta7
- #4,740Zully7
- #5,208Gill6
- #5,208Abra6
- #5,208Adah6
- #5,208Adonica6
- #5,828Abagail5
- #5,828Abelina5
- #5,828Adalene5
Tied with 619 names at #5,208; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 55,673 of them was named Gill, which outranked 71.8% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,219Richmond38
- #1,219Waldo38
- #1,219Wes38
- #1,240Gill37
- #1,240Bertrand37
- #1,240Edsel37
- #1,240Ellery37
- #1,255Addison36
- #1,255Allison36
- #1,255Arvin36
Tied with 14 names at #1,240; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.