How popular is the name Gil?

Gil ranks 1,357th among boys' names in US records, with 6,284 births since 1884. Over the past decade it accounts for 287.

Is Gil a unisex name?

No. Gil is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1957, when 156 children were given the name. It has been in use for 141 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Gill. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,357 of boy names

Pronounced G IH1 L (ARPABET)

Gil is a boys' name, and first appears in 1884. It has been given to 6,284 children — the 1,357th most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 287 births across the past decade, against a peak of 156 in a single year. That peak was in 1957.

Gill is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Gil and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Gil?: Gil ranks 1,357th among boys' names in US records, with 6,284 births since 1884. Over the past decade it accounts for 287.
Is Gil a unisex name?: No. Gil is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Gil most popular?: 1957, when 156 children were given the name. It has been in use for 141 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Gil spelled?: Gill. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.