Jill

Boy · recorded 1943–1987

  • 1987last recorded
  • 1965best year

Most popular in 1965.

Last recorded in 1987. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Jill.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1943

071419431954196519761987

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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 38 recorded years as a table
Jill, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19434
19445
19474
19483
19523
19544
19558
19565
19574
19597
19605
19618
19627
19636
19648
196514
19668
196711
196810
196911
197013
19716
19729
19738
197411
197513
197610
197710
197812
197914
19807
19814
19828
19837
19843
19854
19864
19873

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Jill 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 1987
5
Rank in 1987
#6,951
How rare
1 in 373,396 boys
Since 1943
501

Jill was last recorded in 1987. 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 1965, at 14 per million boys born.

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

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