Jill

#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,951
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1977 · 6,238 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
27 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
208,071
since 1906

Jill over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #41, 1977girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,72221
2024#6,16719
2023#7,24715
2022#4,47231
2021#5,95520
2020#6,32518
2019#5,61222
2018#5,45423
2017#3,55243
2016#4,42332
2015#3,98937
2014#3,13752
2013#3,40446
2012#3,64443
2011#3,01456
2010#2,56271
2009#2,35982
2008#2,18491
2007#2,14793
2006#1,539142
2005#1,741113
2004#1,614120
2003#1,332153
2002#1,376140
2001#1,127186
2000#985215
1999#971213
1998#808263
1997#689314
1996#650343
1995#565408
1994#534460
1993#457546
1992#397647
1991#357719
1990#329835
1989#2551,057
1988#1971,333
1987#1971,409#6,9515
1986#1591,771#5,3327
1985#1432,039#5,1477
1984#1202,326#5,5616
1983#982,787#3,41112
1982#893,270#3,10814
1981#783,857#4,5098
1980#664,558#3,43012
1979#525,192#2,10424
1978#465,676#2,37519
1977#416,238#2,66516
1976#525,283#2,60116
1975#465,728#2,20520
1974#585,061#2,35817
1973#624,538#2,71613
1972#624,824#2,53414
1971#595,724#2,97311
1970#526,806#1,74325
1969#516,666#1,91419
1968#467,521#1,89418
1967#507,398#1,80919
1966#497,871#2,04315
1965#517,820#1,51326
1964#617,242#2,04016
1963#686,300#2,41412
1962#726,170#2,18614
1961#746,137#1,99717
1960#766,019#2,68510
1959#865,554#2,03316
1958#984,809
1957#1004,729#2,8229
1956#1014,576#2,62810
1955#1024,223#1,97916
1954#1073,968#2,9428
1953#1143,389
1952#1183,051#3,7345
1951#1302,566
1950#1412,196
1949#1521,947
1948#1501,886#3,6685
1947#1561,859#3,0967
1946#1661,624
1945#1771,158
1944#1941,037#2,8627
1943#237811#3,2316
1942#269663
1941#294490
1940#321390
1939#362323
1938#413265
1937#481184
1936#477180
1935#523151
1934#530149
1933#612112
1932#73484
1931#79772
1930#95658
1929#98154
1928#1,27136
1927#1,27838
1926#1,35734
1925#2,19117
1924#2,21217
1923#1,94420
1922#2,38715
1921#2,94111
1920#2,46314
1919#2,26415
1918#4,2916
1917#4,0836
1916
1915#4,2745
1914#3,6185
1913#3,1875
1912#2,9795
1911
1910#2,1406
1909
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1906#1,9515
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First appearance
1906

The first year at least five girls were named Jill! It came in at #1,951, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1906–1909, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Jill is popular in 1929

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedMNIllinois: #436 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,706 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedMINew York: #559 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,076 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedINOhio: #467 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,340 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedFL

Hover or tap a state for its numbers.

Top states · girls
  1. Illinois#436 · 1 in 5,706
  2. Ohio#467 · 1 in 7,340
  3. New York#559 · 1 in 12,076

Best ever in a state: #10 in Utah, 1964.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Illinois#436101 in 5,706
Ohio#46771 in 7,340
New York#55981 in 12,076
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Wisconsin
Wyoming

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 Jill
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 445 spots since 2024 (#6,167#5,722)
  • 603 spots since 2020 (#6,325#5,722)
  • 1,733 spots since 2015 (#3,989#5,722)
  • Biggest jump: 290 spots in 1929 (#1,271#981)
  • Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1999 (#808#971)
Rise & fade · girls
71 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1906
  • Peaked 1977 at #41 (6,238 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 27 yrs · run 1957–1983
  • Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1929–2000
Share of babies · girls
1 in 215
  • Highest: 1 in 215 girls born in 1966 were named Jill (0.47%)
  • Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #41 in 1977, was only 1 in 246 (0.41%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 33.2% of all girls named Jill (69,144) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#1,951 (1906)#1,951
1910s53#2,140 (1910)#3,355
1920s256#981 (1929)#1,903
1930s1,578#362 (1939)#589
1940s11,865#150 (1948)#212
1950s39,061#86 (1959)#110
1960s69,144#46 (1968)#60
1970s55,070#41 (1977)#53
1980s24,407#66 (1980)#140
1990s4,748#329 (1990)#576
2000s1,335#985 (2000)#1,640
2010s425#2,562 (2010)#3,879
2020s124#4,472 (2022)#5,981

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.

Jill in 1929

girls
#981
54 births · 1 in 20,677 girls

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #981Jill54
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 20,677 of them was named Jill, which outranked 81.4% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jill
  1. #968Sidney55
  2. #968Sydell55
  3. #968Velva55
  4. #981Jill54
  5. #981Earlean54
  6. #981Elease54
  7. #981Elenor54
  8. #994Delilah53
  9. #994Imelda53
  10. #994Lavera53

Tied with 12 names at #981; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 1,951Dorla#2,623#672
  2. 797Ingrid#1,738#941
  3. 534Sydell#1,502#968
  4. 521Elenor#1,502#981
  5. 406Jeanine#888#482
Fallers
  1. 937Joline#888#1,825
  2. 259Mafalda#936#1,195
  3. 250Lorelei#994#1,244
  4. 249Ardelle#888#1,137
  5. 234Charmaine#420#654

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

See the top 100 for 1929