Jillian
Jillian is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 213 births. Its best rank was 96th, in 1982.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2130.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19823,056 births
- Best rank
- #96in 1982
- Since 1944
- 83,018people given the name
The story in the numbers
83,018 girls have been named Jillian in the United States since 1944, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 3,056 births — 0.18% of all girls recorded that year.
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 1995, and the 1980s alone account for 31%. It has spent 45 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 2 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Jillian | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 37 | |
| 1950s | 86 | |
| 1960s | 332 | |
| 1970s | 4,664 | |
| 1980s | 25,446 | |
| 1990s | 19,725 | |
| 2000s | 22,822 | |
| 2010s | 8,729 | |
| 2020s | 1,177 |
In 1982, its biggest year
Jillian was the 96th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1982 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1982.
Names that rose and fell with Jillian
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Takarapeak 1983
- Laciepeak 1989
- Shamiapeak 1999
- Kerapeak 1982
- Lawrenpeak 1989
- Chassidypeak 1988
- Jennicapeak 1987
- Keonapeak 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.