Gil
Gil is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 27 births. Its best rank was 686th, in 1957.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 270.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1957124 births
- Best rank
- #686in 1957
- Since 1914
- 4,951people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,951 boys have been named Gil in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1957, with 124 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1969, and the 1950s alone account for 18%. It has spent 24 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Gil | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 39 | |
| 1920s | 114 | |
| 1930s | 160 | |
| 1940s | 381 | |
| 1950s | 915 | |
| 1960s | 900 | |
| 1970s | 516 | |
| 1980s | 508 | |
| 1990s | 508 | |
| 2000s | 469 | |
| 2010s | 320 | |
| 2020s | 121 |
In 1957, its biggest year
Gil was the 686th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1957 were Michael, James, David, Robert and John. See all of 1957.
Names that rose and fell with Gil
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mickelpeak 1957
- Kennypeak 1960
- Dannielpeak 1959
- Mickaelpeak 1955
- Kerwinpeak 1959
- Raynaldopeak 1961
- Lionellpeak 1960
- Terencepeak 1964
Other spellings in the data
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.