Jillian

#1,261 for girls in 2025, 177 births · Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1982 · 3,056 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
2 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
83,197
since 1944

Jillian over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #96, 1982girls
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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#1,261177
2024#1,128214
2023#1,135214
2022#1,082232
2021#1,010253
2020#957267
2019#786353
2018#734383
2017#574525
2016#517602
2015#440721
2014#385848
2013#342945
2012#2861,102
2011#2211,431
2010#1691,820
2009#1572,041#12,4915
2008#1741,905
2007#1871,787
2006#1742,004#10,6626
2005#1612,121#11,4725
2004#1522,179#8,1438
2003#1352,425#10,8945
2002#1252,734
2001#1202,847
2000#1202,779#6,31610
1999#1422,280
1998#1582,015
1997#1661,849
1996#1991,462
1995#1971,503#8,8685
1994#1911,542#8,8005
1993#1571,980#6,2288
1992#1492,041
1991#1362,377#8,2365
1990#1222,676#4,16713
1989#1062,922#3,20518
1988#1042,746#4,45010
1987#992,793#3,73112
1986#1072,587#3,65312
1985#1152,475#3,59912
1984#1062,624#3,10714
1983#1152,514#2,67617
1982#963,056#3,10814
1981#1372,079#3,85810
1980#1711,650#4,1349
1979#1791,506#5,3556
1978#1941,339#4,1578
1977#2361,054#3,60610
1976#612255
1975#1,26988
1974#1,27884
1973#1,16993
1972#1,105101
1971#1,51666
1970#1,38975
1969#1,75548
1968#1,23678
1967#1,75143
1966#2,09431
1965#2,24728
1964#2,10932
1963#2,54323
1962#2,60522
1961#3,31815
1960#3,51213
1959#5,0317
1958#5,4086
1957#3,15014
1956#3,49312
1955#4,7407
1954#3,71810
1953#4,5957
1952#3,37211
1951#4,8336
1950#4,7386
1949#5,2445
1948#2,97412
1947#2,63715
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First appearance
1944

The first year at least five girls were named Jillian! It came in at #4,574, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1944–1946, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Jillian is popular in 1993

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #114 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 378 girlsAKMaine: #123 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 478 girlsMEVermont: #104 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 378 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #62 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 229 girlsNHWashington: #223 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,143 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Jillian, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jillian, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #160 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 642 girlsNDMinnesota: #139 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 664 girlsMNIllinois: #149 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 737 girlsILWisconsin: #222 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,355 girlsWIMichigan: #122 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 596 girlsMINew York: #81 for girls · 266 births · 1 in 425 girlsNYMassachusetts: #44 for girls · 170 births · 1 in 202 girlsMARhode Island: #63 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 217 girlsRIOregon: #166 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 726 girlsORNevada: #152 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 639 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jillian, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #162 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 672 girlsSDIowa: #201 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,145 girlsIAIndiana: #212 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,228 girlsINOhio: #138 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 710 girlsOHPennsylvania: #112 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 538 girlsPANew Jersey: #79 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 362 girlsNJConnecticut: #88 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 355 girlsCTCalifornia: #245 for girls · 188 births · 1 in 1,327 girlsCAUtah: #251 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,230 girlsUTColorado: #280 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,448 girlsCONebraska: #205 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,062 girlsNEMissouri: #231 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,388 girlsMOKentucky: #168 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 868 girlsKYWest Virginia: #227 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,203 girlsWVVirginia: #183 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 979 girlsVAMaryland: #153 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 803 girlsMDDelaware: #130 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 556 girlsDEArizona: #243 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,143 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Jillian, so not publishedNMKansas: #203 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 993 girlsKSArkansas: #244 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,288 girlsARTennessee: #250 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,539 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #291 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,919 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #262 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,466 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #235 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 840 girlsDCOklahoma: #226 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,175 girlsOKLouisiana: #331 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,926 girlsLAMississippi: #443 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,482 girlsMSAlabama: #172 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 889 girlsALGeorgia: #221 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,226 girlsGAHawaii: #165 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 592 girlsHITexas: #332 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 1,903 girlsTXFlorida: #153 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 801 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#44 · 1 in 202
  2. New Hampshire#62 · 1 in 229
  3. Rhode Island#63 · 1 in 217
  4. New Jersey#79 · 1 in 362
  5. New York#81 · 1 in 425

Best ever in a state: #28 in Massachusetts, 1982.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#441701 in 202
New Hampshire#62241 in 229
Rhode Island#63231 in 217
New Jersey#791231 in 362
New York#812661 in 425
Connecticut#88501 in 355
Vermont#10461 in 378
Pennsylvania#1121231 in 538
Alaska#11481 in 378
Michigan#122931 in 596
Maine#123111 in 478
Delaware#13061 in 556
Ohio#138931 in 710
Minnesota#139391 in 664
Illinois#1491021 in 737
Nevada#152111 in 639
Florida#153931 in 801
Maryland#153321 in 803
North Dakota#16051 in 642
South Dakota#16251 in 672
Hawaii#16581 in 592
Oregon#166221 in 726
Kentucky#168231 in 868
Alabama#172241 in 889
Virginia#183361 in 979
Iowa#201131 in 1,145
Kansas#203131 in 993
Nebraska#20581 in 1,062
Indiana#212271 in 1,228
Georgia#221331 in 1,226
Wisconsin#222201 in 1,355
Washington#223261 in 1,143
Oklahoma#226141 in 1,175
West Virginia#22771 in 1,203
Missouri#231221 in 1,388
District of Columbia#23561 in 840
Arizona#243231 in 1,143
Arkansas#24491 in 1,288
California#2451881 in 1,327
Tennessee#250191 in 1,539
Utah#251111 in 1,230
South Carolina#262121 in 1,466
Colorado#280141 in 1,448
North Carolina#291201 in 1,919
Louisiana#331121 in 1,926
Texas#332721 in 1,903
Mississippi#44351 in 2,482
Idaho
Montana
New Mexico
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 Jillian
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 133 spots since 2024 (#1,128#1,261)
  • 304 spots since 2020 (#957#1,261)
  • 821 spots since 2015 (#440#1,261)
  • Biggest jump: 657 spots in 1976 (#1,269#612)
  • Biggest drop: 171 spots in 2020 (#786#957)
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1944
  • Peaked 1982 at #96 (3,056 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 2 yrs · 1982–1987
  • Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1976–2020
Share of babies · girls
1 in 554
  • Highest: 1 in 554 girls born in 1982 were named Jillian (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,081 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 30.6% of all girls named Jillian (25,446) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s37#2,637 (1947)#3,857
1950s86#3,150 (1957)#4,308
1960s333#1,236 (1968)#2,317
1970s4,661#179 (1979)#895
1980s25,446#96 (1982)#116
1990s19,725#122 (1990)#162
2000s22,822#120 (2001)#151
2010s8,730#169 (2010)#445
2020s1,357#957 (2020)#1,096

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.

Jillian in 1993

girls
#157
1,980 births · 1 in 914 girls
boys
#6,228
8 births · 1 in 245,166 boys

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #157Jillian1,980

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #6,228Jillian8
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 914 of them was named Jillian, which outranked 99.0% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jillian
  1. #154Katrina2,036
  2. #155Dana1,988
  3. #156Nancy1,986
  4. #157Jillian1,980
  5. #158Chloe1,957
  6. #159Felicia1,949
  7. #160Audrey1,947
Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. 12,442Coraima#13,317#875
  2. 5,624Kadijah#6,314#690
  3. 3,307Kalene#4,236#929
  4. 1,413Deyanira#2,351#938
  5. 979Halle#1,713#734
Fallers
  1. 1,120Latifah#802#1,922
  2. 747Shanae#662#1,409
  3. 520Jaleesa#792#1,312
  4. 487Brianda#777#1,264
  5. 417Chynna#941#1,358

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

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 245,166 of them was named Jillian, which outranked 38.8% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jillian
  1. #5,771Ziyad9
  2. #5,771Zoey9
  3. #5,771Zohaib9
  4. #6,228Jillian8
  5. #6,228Abdelrahman8
  6. #6,228Abdias8
  7. #6,228Absalom8
  8. #6,816Aadam7
  9. #6,816Aaronmichael7
  10. #6,816Abanoub7

Tied with 587 names at #6,228; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. 5,880Savon#6,670#790
  2. 2,006Jordy#2,834#828
  3. 662Austyn#1,598#936
  4. 471Devaughn#1,395#924
  5. 454Mikal#1,294#840
Fallers
  1. 329Channing#887#1,216
  2. 307Garth#658#965
  3. 252Earnest#911#1,163
  4. 241Armand#987#1,228
  5. 240Spenser#831#1,071

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

See the top 100 for 1993