Gillian
#1,193 most common girls' name of all time · #2,109 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1922–2025
Rank among girls
#1,193
Rank overall
#2,109 of 105,966
First appeared
1922
Years on the list
89 of 146
All-time
16,127
Since 2016
644
Peak year
1999 #303
Best rank
#303 1999
Girls
Boys
peak 1,030/yr
Gillian first appears in 1922. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | — | 47 | #3,309 |
| 2024 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2023 | 51 | — | 51 | #3,190 |
| 2022 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,134 |
| 2021 | 51 | — | 51 | #3,173 |
| 2020 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,066 |
| 2019 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,822 |
| 2018 | 88 | — | 88 | #2,149 |
| 2017 | 81 | — | 81 | #2,287 |
| 2016 | 105 | 6 | 111 | #1,913 |
| 2015 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,747 |
| 2014 | 125 | — | 125 | #1,685 |
| 2013 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,731 |
| 2012 | 166 | — | 166 | #1,394 |
| 2011 | 188 | — | 188 | #1,270 |
| 2010 | 211 | 5 | 216 | #1,153 |
| 2009 | 251 | — | 251 | #1,037 |
| 2008 | 339 | — | 339 | #835 |
| 2007 | 366 | — | 366 | #790 |
| 2006 | 362 | 8 | 370 | #759 |
| 2005 | 420 | — | 420 | #661 |
| 2004 | 513 | — | 513 | #557 |
| 2003 | 638 | — | 638 | #467 |
| 2002 | 761 | — | 761 | #388 |
| 2001 | 863 | — | 863 | #348 |
| 2000 | 976 | 6 | 982 | #325 |
| 1999 | 1,022 | 8 | 1,030 | #303 |
| 1998 | 890 | — | 890 | #331 |
| 1997 | 659 | — | 659 | #395 |
| 1996 | 379 | — | 379 | #604 |
| 1995 | 221 | — | 221 | #871 |
| 1994 | 162 | — | 162 | #1,109 |
| 1993 | 176 | — | 176 | #1,047 |
| 1992 | 197 | — | 197 | #972 |
| 1991 | 208 | 5 | 213 | #924 |
| 1990 | 238 | 7 | 245 | #825 |
| 1989 | 263 | — | 263 | #748 |
| 1988 | 281 | 10 | 291 | #683 |
| 1987 | 265 | — | 265 | #694 |
| 1986 | 209 | — | 209 | #805 |
| 1985 | 234 | — | 234 | #739 |
| 1984 | 255 | — | 255 | #671 |
| 1983 | 227 | — | 227 | #728 |
| 1982 | 255 | 5 | 260 | #691 |
| 1981 | 222 | — | 222 | #745 |
| 1980 | 173 | — | 173 | #888 |
| 1979 | 174 | — | 174 | #880 |
| 1978 | 175 | 8 | 183 | #847 |
| 1977 | 162 | — | 162 | #885 |
| 1976 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,200 |
| 1975 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,158 |
| 1974 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,073 |
| 1973 | 139 | — | 139 | #902 |
| 1972 | 128 | — | 128 | #956 |
| 1971 | 121 | — | 121 | #1,023 |
| 1970 | 125 | — | 125 | #1,005 |
| 1969 | 127 | — | 127 | #947 |
| 1968 | 116 | — | 116 | #963 |
| 1967 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,160 |
| 1966 | 83 | — | 83 | #1,176 |
| 1965 | 82 | — | 82 | #1,193 |
| 1964 | 70 | — | 70 | #1,346 |
| 1963 | 61 | — | 61 | #1,432 |
| 1962 | 65 | — | 65 | #1,380 |
| 1961 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,591 |
| 1960 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,866 |
| 1959 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,906 |
| 1958 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,300 |
| 1957 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,977 |
| 1956 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,179 |
| 1955 | 29 | — | 29 | #2,014 |
| 1954 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,841 |
| 1953 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,481 |
| 1952 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,768 |
| 1951 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,374 |
| 1950 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1949 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,053 |
| 1948 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,308 |
| 1947 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,130 |
| 1946 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,170 |
| 1945 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,564 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,937 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,200 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,008 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,201 |
| 1940 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,767 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,211 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,142 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,676 |