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
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 6,238 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 27 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 208,071since 1906
Jill over time
Rank among girls' names. 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,722 | 21 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,472 | 31 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,955 | 20 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,454 | 23 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,552 | 43 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,423 | 32 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,989 | 37 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,137 | 52 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,404 | 46 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,644 | 43 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,014 | 56 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,562 | 71 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,359 | 82 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,184 | 91 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,147 | 93 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,539 | 142 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,741 | 113 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,614 | 120 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,332 | 153 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,376 | 140 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,127 | 186 | — | |
| 2000 | #985 | 215 | — | |
| 1999 | #971 | 213 | — | |
| 1998 | #808 | 263 | — | |
| 1997 | #689 | 314 | — | |
| 1996 | #650 | 343 | — | |
| 1995 | #565 | 408 | — | |
| 1994 | #534 | 460 | — | |
| 1993 | #457 | 546 | — | |
| 1992 | #397 | 647 | — | |
| 1991 | #357 | 719 | — | |
| 1990 | #329 | 835 | — | |
| 1989 | #255 | 1,057 | — | |
| 1988 | #197 | 1,333 | — | |
| 1987 | #197 | 1,409 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #159 | 1,771 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #143 | 2,039 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #120 | 2,326 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #98 | 2,787 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #89 | 3,270 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #78 | 3,857 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #66 | 4,558 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #52 | 5,192 | #2,104 | 24 |
| 1978 | #46 | 5,676 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #41 | 6,238 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #52 | 5,283 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | #46 | 5,728 | #2,205 | 20 |
| 1974 | #58 | 5,061 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #62 | 4,538 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #62 | 4,824 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #59 | 5,724 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #52 | 6,806 | #1,743 | 25 |
| 1969 | #51 | 6,666 | #1,914 | 19 |
| 1968 | #46 | 7,521 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1967 | #50 | 7,398 | #1,809 | 19 |
| 1966 | #49 | 7,871 | #2,043 | 15 |
| 1965 | #51 | 7,820 | #1,513 | 26 |
| 1964 | #61 | 7,242 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1963 | #68 | 6,300 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #72 | 6,170 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1961 | #74 | 6,137 | #1,997 | 17 |
| 1960 | #76 | 6,019 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #86 | 5,554 | #2,033 | 16 |
| 1958 | #98 | 4,809 | — | |
| 1957 | #100 | 4,729 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #101 | 4,576 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #102 | 4,223 | #1,979 | 16 |
| 1954 | #107 | 3,968 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #114 | 3,389 | — | |
| 1952 | #118 | 3,051 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #130 | 2,566 | — | |
| 1950 | #141 | 2,196 | — | |
| 1949 | #152 | 1,947 | — | |
| 1948 | #150 | 1,886 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #156 | 1,859 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #166 | 1,624 | — | |
| 1945 | #177 | 1,158 | — | |
| 1944 | #194 | 1,037 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #237 | 811 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #269 | 663 | — | |
| 1941 | #294 | 490 | — | |
| 1940 | #321 | 390 | — | |
| 1939 | #362 | 323 | — | |
| 1938 | #413 | 265 | — | |
| 1937 | #481 | 184 | — | |
| 1936 | #477 | 180 | — | |
| 1935 | #523 | 151 | — | |
| 1934 | #530 | 149 | — | |
| 1933 | #612 | 112 | — | |
| 1932 | #734 | 84 | — | |
| 1931 | #797 | 72 | — | |
| 1930 | #956 | 58 | — | |
| 1929 | #981 | 54 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,271 | 36 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,278 | 38 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,357 | 34 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,191 | 17 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,944 | 20 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Jill
- 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)
- Debuted 1906
- Peaked 1977 at #41 (6,238 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 27 yrs · run 1957–1983
- Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1929–2000
- 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
- 33.2% of all girls named Jill (69,144) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,951 (1906) | #1,951 |
| 1910s | 53 | #2,140 (1910) | #3,355 |
| 1920s | 256 | #981 (1929) | #1,903 |
| 1930s | 1,578 | #362 (1939) | #589 |
| 1940s | 11,865 | #150 (1948) | #212 |
| 1950s | 39,061 | #86 (1959) | #110 |
| 1960s | 69,144 | #46 (1968) | #60 |
| 1970s | 55,070 | #41 (1977) | #53 |
| 1980s | 24,407 | #66 (1980) | #140 |
| 1990s | 4,748 | #329 (1990) | #576 |
| 2000s | 1,335 | #985 (2000) | #1,640 |
| 2010s | 425 | #2,562 (2010) | #3,879 |
| 2020s | 124 | #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 1965
Top girls' names in 1965
Top boys' names in 1965
More about 1965
girls
1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 226 of them was named Jill, which outranked 99.3% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 71,544 of them was named Jill, which outranked 65.8% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,483Tyrus27
- #1,483Vidal27
- #1,483Willian27
- #1,513Jill26
- #1,513Abram26
- #1,513Alford26
- #1,513Amador26
- #1,559Americo25
- #1,559Augustin25
- #1,559Baldemar25
Tied with 45 names at #1,513; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.