Gillian

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Gillian first appears in the data in 1922 and has been recorded in 88 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1999 with 1,022 babies (rank #303 that year). In 2024 it was given to 51 girls (rank #3,124). The name has been declining over the last five years.
16,079
Total babies (all years)
88
Years in the data
1,022
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19225#5,306
19376#3,982
19386#4,021
19407#3,634
19419#3,098
19427#3,879
194310#3,120
19447#3,834
194513#2,515
194611#3,102
194722#2,104
194819#2,280
194923#2,031
195018#2,377
195119#2,339
195216#2,717
195319#2,457
195416#2,812
195529#1,994
195626#2,168
195731#1,964
195825#2,280
195935#1,896
196019#2,846
196151#1,583
196265#1,377
196361#1,430
196470#1,346
196582#1,190
196683#1,175
196784#1,159
1968116#959
1969127#946
1970125#998
1971121#1,021
1972128#951
1973139#899
1974110#1,074
1975100#1,155
197695#1,195
1977162#885
1978175#847
1979174#878
1980173#886
1981222#745
1982255#688
1983227#728
1984255#671
1985234#738
1986209#804
1987265#694
1988281#684
1989263#748
1990238#822
1991208#925
1992197#971
1993176#1,046
1994162#1,105
1995221#871
1996379#604
1997659#396
1998890#331
19991,022#303
2000976#325
2001863#348
2002761#388
2003638#466
2004513#556
2005420#661
2006362#759
2007366#790
2008339#835
2009251#1,037
2010211#1,154
2011188#1,267
2012166#1,392
2013120#1,730
2014125#1,686
2015120#1,745
2016105#1,914
201781#2,288
201888#2,151
201959#2,833
202052#3,068
202151#3,172
202252#3,135
202351#3,193
202451#3,124