Gillian
Gillian is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 51 births. Its best rank was 303rd, in 1999.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 510.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19991,022 births
- Best rank
- #303in 1999
- Since 1922
- 16,011people given the name
The story in the numbers
16,011 girls have been named Gillian in the United States since 1922, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1999, with 1,022 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 2000s alone account for 34%. It has spent 35 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Gillian | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | |
| 1930s | 12 | |
| 1940s | 128 | |
| 1950s | 234 | |
| 1960s | 758 | |
| 1970s | 1,329 | |
| 1980s | 2,384 | |
| 1990s | 4,152 | |
| 2000s | 5,489 | |
| 2010s | 1,263 | |
| 2020s | 257 |
In 1999, its biggest year
Gillian was the 303rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1999 were Emily, Hannah, Alexis, Sarah and Samantha. See all of 1999.
Names that rose and fell with Gillian
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Anandapeak 2002
- Erykapeak 1998
- Lissetpeak 2004
- Shayepeak 1998
- Tyanapeak 2000
- Tionnapeak 2000
- Najapeak 1998
- Celestpeak 2004
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.