Jill

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Jill is an English feminine given name, often a short form of the name Gillian or Jillian, which in turn originated as a Middle English variant of Juliana. Jill was such a common name that it had an everygirl quality, as in the 15th century English nursery rhyme Jack and Jill.

From Wikipedia

Jill first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 7 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1952 with 138 babies (rank #62 that year). It was not in the 2025 data.

Numerology of Jill

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jill yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

787
Total babies (all years)
7
Years in the data
138
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1952138#62
1953133#68
1954127#71
1955121#71
1956108#77
195783#91
195977#100