Jil

Girl · recorded 1945–2002

  • 2002last recorded
  • 1957best year

Most popular in 1957.

Last recorded in 2002. Fewer than five girls 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 Jil.

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 1945

091819451959197419882002

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 39 recorded years as a table
Jil, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19457
19466
19473
19486
19494
19504
19514
195210
19536
19546
195513
195613
195718
195812
195915
196016
196111
196213
196311
19648
19657
19669
196713
196811
196913
19707
19715
19725
197310
19754
19764
19775
19784
19796
19814
19823
19913
20013
20023

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Jil 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 2002
5
Rank in 2002
#15,432
How rare
1 in 359,376 girls
Since 1945
559

Jil was last recorded in 2002. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1957, at 18 per million girls born.

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

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