Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
19401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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