How popular is the name Jillian?

Jillian ranks 364th among girls' names in US records, with 99,324 births since 1922. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,471.

Is Jillian a unisex name?

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

1982, when 3,311 children were given the name. It has been in use for 103 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

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

Girl name#364 of girl names

Pronounced JH IH1 L IY0 AH0 N (ARPABET)

Jillian is a girls' name, and first appears in 1922. It has been given to 99,324 children — the 364th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 76% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1982, when 3,311 children were given it.

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

1982Girls: 3,311Boys: 19

These spellings sound identical to Jillian 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 Jillian?: Jillian ranks 364th among girls' names in US records, with 99,324 births since 1922. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,471.
Is Jillian a unisex name?: No. Jillian is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Jillian most popular?: 1982, when 3,311 children were given the name. It has been in use for 103 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Jillian spelled?: Gillian. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.