# Gil (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gil/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ɡɪl/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,971 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,971 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 170, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Shortening.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 3,328 |
| 2012 | 37 | 3,074 |
| 2013 | 24 | 4,102 |
| 2014 | 32 | 3,403 |
| 2015 | 32 | 3,462 |
| 2016 | 32 | 3,468 |
| 2017 | 34 | 3,335 |
| 2018 | 29 | 3,737 |
| 2019 | 27 | 3,934 |
| 2020 | 23 | 4,318 |
| 2021 | 18 | 5,196 |
| 2022 | 22 | 4,606 |
| 2023 | 31 | 3,654 |
| 2024 | 27 | 4,016 |
| 2025 | 20 | 4,917 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 10 | 1,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,318 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2,036 |
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Gil

- Gil Evans, American composer, arranger, bandleader, and pianist (1912–1988)
- Gil Birmingham, American actor
- Carlos Gilberto Nascimento Silva, football player
- Gil Bellows, Canadian actor
- Gil Gerard, American actor (1943–2025)
- Gil Álvarez de Albornoz, 14th century Spanish cardinal, archbishop, Chancellor of Toledo and ecclesiastical leader
- Gil Roberts, American sprinter
- Gil Merrick, English footballer (1922–2010)
- Gil de Ferran, Franco-Brazilian pilot racecar driver and team owner (1967–2023)
- Gil Ofarim, German musician and actor
- Gil Kane, American comic book artist (1926–2000)
- Gil Amelio, American technology executive (born 1943)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.