Baby NamesExplore all names
SHARED SPELLING

✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Jill

Used in both girl and boy records

Jill appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

Choose a record

Jill by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDJill as a girl’s nameUS records 1906–2024
#216girl rank1966peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDJill as a boy’s nameUS records 1943–1987
#6810boy rank1965peak year
Read boy record ↗

Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Jill in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl19667,869 uses#4119771906–2020110 listed years
Boy196526 uses#151419651943–198738 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.