Gill

Boy · recorded 1884–2006

  • 2006last recorded
  • 1884best year

Most popular in 1884.

Last recorded in 2006. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1884

0224418841915194519762006

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 86 recorded years as a table
Gill, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188444
191316
191412
19168
19196
19207
19216
19225
19248
19259
19265
19275
19289
19297
193312
19347
19357
19368
19375
19385
19397
19409
194112
19429
194315
19444
194510
194611
194716
194818
194915
195022
195122
195217
195317
195417
195518
195621
195715
195819
195919
196011
196113
196214
196313
196412
196511
19668
19677
196810
19699
19707
19717
19728
19738
19746
19756
19766
19775
19785
19795
19803
19814
19827
19836
19843
19856
19864
19873
19883
19892
19904
19913
19925
19935
19943
19953
19966
19973
19984
19995
20003
20023
20043
20054
20062

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gill isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2006
5
Rank in 2006
#12,055
How rare
1 in 411,054 boys
Since 1884
1,218

Gill was last recorded in 2006. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1884, at 44 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Gill doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.