Gillie
Last seen for girls in 1952 at #5,563 · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
Given to girls 62.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1891 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 321since 1881
Gillie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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
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| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
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| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
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| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
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| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
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| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | — | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
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| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | — | #2,003 | 14 | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | — | #2,002 | 15 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
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| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,260 | 8 | |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 | — | |
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| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 | — | |
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| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
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| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | — | |
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| 1896 | #813 | 16 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 | — | |
| 1891 | #695 | 15 | — | |
| 1890 | #758 | 13 | — | |
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| 1887 | #860 | 8 | — | |
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| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | — | |
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| 1881 | #740 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Gillie! It came in at #740, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1886, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Gillie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1952
- Biggest jump: 486 spots in 1896 (#1,299 → #813)
- Biggest drop: 390 spots in 1892 (#695 → #1,085)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1891 at #695 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1890–1891
- Highest: 1 in 12,365 girls born in 1891 were named Gillie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 370,867 girls born in 1952 (0.00%)
- 24.9% of all girls named Gillie (80) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1965, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 19 | #740 (1881) | #875 |
| 1890s | 80 | #695 (1891) | #1,066 |
| 1900s | 55 | #1,093 (1905) | #1,513 |
| 1910s | 79 | #1,956 (1911) | #2,821 |
| 1920s | 32 | #2,917 (1923) | #3,781 |
| 1930s | 35 | #2,490 (1932) | #3,694 |
| 1940s | 11 | #3,863 (1940) | #4,142 |
| 1950s | 10 | #5,414 (1951) | #5,489 |
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.
Gillie in 1887
Top girls' names in 1887
More about 1887
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145,981 girls got a published name in 1887; 1 in 18,248 of them was named Gillie, which outranked 34.2% of the 1,306 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).