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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #41, 1977girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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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1907
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 1987

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedAKMaine: #154 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 774 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedNHWashington: #176 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 971 girlsWAIdaho: #148 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 649 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #91 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 399 girlsNDMinnesota: #98 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 473 girlsMNIllinois: #143 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 825 girlsILWisconsin: #116 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 643 girlsWIMichigan: #169 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 983 girlsMINew York: #204 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 1,203 girlsNYMassachusetts: #117 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 608 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedRIOregon: #123 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 613 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #101 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 451 girlsSDIowa: #54 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 237 girlsIAIndiana: #125 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 730 girlsINOhio: #153 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 903 girlsOHPennsylvania: #128 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 679 girlsPANew Jersey: #150 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 854 girlsNJConnecticut: #142 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 730 girlsCTCalifornia: #373 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 2,195 girlsCAUtah: #115 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 536 girlsUTColorado: #192 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,049 girlsCONebraska: #73 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 330 girlsNEMissouri: #147 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 868 girlsMOKentucky: #253 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,740 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedWVVirginia: #259 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,654 girlsVAMaryland: #191 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,063 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedDEArizona: #284 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,527 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedNMKansas: #147 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 748 girlsKSArkansas: #233 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,362 girlsARTennessee: #244 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,568 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #350 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,484 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #445 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,028 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Jill, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #188 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 996 girlsOKLouisiana: #203 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,144 girlsLAMississippi: #386 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,217 girlsMSAlabama: #356 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,393 girlsALGeorgia: #315 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,063 girlsGAHawaii: #190 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 693 girlsHITexas: #306 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 1,895 girlsTXFlorida: #340 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 2,239 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Iowa#54 · 1 in 237
  2. Nebraska#73 · 1 in 330
  3. North Dakota#91 · 1 in 399
  4. Minnesota#98 · 1 in 473
  5. South Dakota#101 · 1 in 451

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#54661 in 237
Nebraska#73281 in 330
North Dakota#91101 in 399
Minnesota#98571 in 473
South Dakota#10191 in 451
Utah#115251 in 536
Wisconsin#116451 in 643
Massachusetts#117591 in 608
Oregon#123251 in 613
Indiana#125441 in 730
Pennsylvania#1281021 in 679
Connecticut#142251 in 730
Illinois#143881 in 825
Kansas#147191 in 748
Missouri#147361 in 868
Idaho#14881 in 649
New Jersey#150511 in 854
Ohio#153751 in 903
Maine#15481 in 774
Michigan#169591 in 983
Washington#176281 in 971
Oklahoma#188181 in 996
Hawaii#19071 in 693
Maryland#191241 in 1,063
Colorado#192201 in 1,049
Louisiana#203231 in 1,144
New York#204931 in 1,203
Arkansas#23391 in 1,362
Tennessee#244181 in 1,568
Kentucky#253121 in 1,740
Virginia#259211 in 1,654
Arizona#284161 in 1,527
Texas#306681 in 1,895
Georgia#315191 in 2,063
Florida#340311 in 2,239
North Carolina#350151 in 2,484
Alabama#35691 in 2,393
California#373981 in 2,195
Mississippi#38661 in 2,217
South Carolina#44561 in 3,028
Alaska
Delaware
District of Columbia
Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Rhode Island
Vermont
West Virginia
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 1987

girls
#197
1,409 births · 1 in 1,234 girls
boys
#6,951
5 births · 1 in 373,397 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #197Jill1,409

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #6,951Jill5
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 1,234 of them was named Jill, which outranked 98.5% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jill
  1. #194Cindy1,424
  2. #195Kristi1,420
  3. #196Carly1,412
  4. #197Jill1,409
  5. #198Grace1,380
  6. #199Kristine1,369
  7. #200Wendy1,356
Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 1,808Janay#2,195#387
  2. 1,048Channing#1,638#590
  3. 786Ayla#1,380#594
  4. 714Yessenia#1,439#725
  5. 648Denisse#1,602#954
Fallers
  1. 1,153Halley#580#1,733
  2. 674Cherrelle#879#1,553
  3. 637Sharday#933#1,570
  4. 613Sharde#873#1,486
  5. 539Shardae#832#1,371

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

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 373,397 of them was named Jill, which outranked 14.7% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jill
  1. #6,089Zeeshan6
  2. #6,089Zeno6
  3. #6,089Zohaib6
  4. #6,951Jill5
  5. #6,951Aadam5
  6. #6,951Aaric5
  7. #6,951Aarin5

Tied with 1,201 names at #6,951; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 994Trevin#1,962#968
  2. 819Conner#1,617#798
  3. 593Mychal#1,363#770
  4. 503Jaren#1,457#954
  5. 457Corbin#1,049#592
Fallers
  1. 623Durell#816#1,439
  2. 336Jayce#694#1,030
  3. 267Rasheed#921#1,188
  4. 263Deshaun#971#1,234
  5. 260Britt#880#1,140

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

See the top 100 for 1987