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.

Gillis

#5,898 most common boys' name of all time · #14,689 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1900–2001

Rank among boys
#5,898
Rank overall
#14,689 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
712
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1923 #1,785
Best rank
#1,484 1900
Girls Boys peak 20/yr
190019201940196019802000

Gillis first appears in 1900. 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
2001 — 6 6 #9,320
1985 — 5 5 #6,630
1982 — 5 5 #6,489
1979 — 7 7 #4,907
1976 — 5 5 #5,693
1974 — 8 8 #3,901
1971 — 5 5 #5,020
1968 — 5 5 #4,243
1967 — 8 8 #3,060
1965 — 7 7 #3,321
1964 — 10 10 #2,722
1963 — 13 13 #2,336
1961 — 10 10 #2,769
1960 — 8 8 #3,149
1959 — 10 10 #2,714
1958 — 10 10 #2,690
1957 — 8 8 #3,094
1956 — 14 14 #2,212
1955 — 15 15 #2,089
1954 — 10 10 #2,652
1953 — 13 13 #2,228
1952 — 13 13 #2,197
1951 — 20 20 #1,702
1950 — 14 14 #2,060
1949 — 11 11 #2,388
1948 — 13 13 #2,164
1947 — 9 9 #2,742
1946 — 8 8 #2,756
1945 — 17 17 #1,664
1944 — 16 16 #1,773
1943 — 11 11 #2,331
1942 — 15 15 #1,905
1941 — 11 11 #2,271
1940 — 9 9 #2,544
1939 — 12 12 #2,103
1938 — 10 10 #2,391
1937 — 9 9 #2,562
1936 — 6 6 #3,252
1935 — 9 9 #2,608
1934 — 12 12 #2,188
1933 — 16 16 #1,804
1932 — 16 16 #1,889
1931 — 14 14 #2,046
1930 — 13 13 #2,236
1929 — 10 10 #2,647
1928 — 14 14 #2,212
1927 — 12 12 #2,452
1926 — 11 11 #2,633
1925 — 12 12 #2,497
1924 — 12 12 #2,536
1923 — 20 20 #1,785
1922 — 18 18 #1,920
1921 — 14 14 #2,318
1920 — 15 15 #2,181
1919 — 17 17 #1,934
1918 — 12 12 #2,453
1917 — 8 8 #3,018
1916 — 18 18 #1,743
1915 — 18 18 #1,685
1913 — 8 8 #2,167
1912 — 12 12 #1,492
1911 — 5 5 #1,880
1909 — 5 5 #1,612
1900 — 5 5 #1,484