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 | — | — | ||
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| 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.
Where Jill is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Dakota#43 · 1 in 156
- Iowa#57 · 1 in 249
- Nebraska#60 · 1 in 238
- North Dakota#67 · 1 in 266
- Idaho#67 · 1 in 278
Best ever in a state: #10 in Utah, 1964.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #43 | 26 | 1 in 156 |
| Iowa | #57 | 64 | 1 in 249 |
| Nebraska | #60 | 40 | 1 in 238 |
| Idaho | #67 | 20 | 1 in 278 |
| North Dakota | #67 | 16 | 1 in 266 |
| Minnesota | #70 | 87 | 1 in 318 |
| Wisconsin | #78 | 75 | 1 in 396 |
| Utah | #84 | 34 | 1 in 411 |
| Missouri | #88 | 67 | 1 in 469 |
| Wyoming | #93 | 7 | 1 in 341 |
| Pennsylvania | #110 | 118 | 1 in 582 |
| Kansas | #113 | 26 | 1 in 557 |
| Illinois | #114 | 113 | 1 in 628 |
| Michigan | #116 | 94 | 1 in 601 |
| Massachusetts | #120 | 53 | 1 in 662 |
| Indiana | #122 | 51 | 1 in 644 |
| New Jersey | #123 | 62 | 1 in 677 |
| Ohio | #125 | 95 | 1 in 715 |
| Rhode Island | #125 | 9 | 1 in 562 |
| Montana | #133 | 7 | 1 in 555 |
| New Hampshire | #134 | 9 | 1 in 666 |
| Louisiana | #136 | 38 | 1 in 742 |
| Connecticut | #139 | 24 | 1 in 722 |
| Maine | #140 | 9 | 1 in 677 |
| West Virginia | #142 | 13 | 1 in 727 |
| Colorado | #152 | 27 | 1 in 809 |
| Oregon | #168 | 18 | 1 in 853 |
| New York | #177 | 108 | 1 in 1,005 |
| Oklahoma | #177 | 19 | 1 in 988 |
| Washington | #180 | 29 | 1 in 938 |
| Maryland | #194 | 21 | 1 in 1,168 |
| Arkansas | #202 | 11 | 1 in 1,129 |
| Arizona | #205 | 21 | 1 in 1,115 |
| Nevada | #209 | 5 | 1 in 1,016 |
| Kentucky | #229 | 15 | 1 in 1,397 |
| Virginia | #248 | 22 | 1 in 1,533 |
| Tennessee | #261 | 17 | 1 in 1,621 |
| Texas | #261 | 86 | 1 in 1,531 |
| South Carolina | #269 | 11 | 1 in 1,610 |
| Florida | #287 | 35 | 1 in 1,898 |
| Mississippi | #314 | 8 | 1 in 1,719 |
| New Mexico | #324 | 6 | 1 in 1,579 |
| North Carolina | #343 | 15 | 1 in 2,371 |
| Georgia | #348 | 16 | 1 in 2,355 |
| California | #353 | 102 | 1 in 2,036 |
| Alabama | #405 | 8 | 1 in 2,668 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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
- 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 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 969 of them was named Jill, which outranked 98.8% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 263,074 of them was named Jill, which outranked 31.9% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,853Zenon8
- #4,853Zohaib8
- #4,853Zuriel8
- #5,332Jill7
- #5,332Aaren7
- #5,332Abdurrahman7
- #5,332Abed7
- #5,926Aaric6
- #5,926Aarin6
- #5,926Abayomi6
Tied with 593 names at #5,332; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.