# Jill (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jill/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /d͡ʒɪl/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Gill |
| US babies named this | 208,572 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 501 / 208,071 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 53, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A variant of Gill, diminutive of Gillian, a medieval form of Juliana, ultimately from Latin.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 56 | 3,031 |
| 2012 | 43 | 3,676 |
| 2013 | 46 | 3,427 |
| 2014 | 52 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 37 | 4,030 |
| 2016 | 32 | 4,471 |
| 2017 | 43 | 3,585 |
| 2018 | 23 | 5,532 |
| 2019 | 22 | 5,696 |
| 2020 | 18 | 6,461 |
| 2021 | 20 | 6,051 |
| 2022 | 31 | 4,525 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,430 |
| 2024 | 19 | 6,269 |
| 2025 | 21 | 5,810 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 13 | 2,781 |
| 1974 | 17 | 2,401 |
| 1975 | 20 | 2,254 |
| 1976 | 16 | 2,655 |
| 1977 | 16 | 2,725 |
| 1978 | 19 | 2,425 |
| 1979 | 24 | 2,129 |
| 1980 | 12 | 3,503 |
| 1981 | 8 | 4,722 |
| 1982 | 14 | 3,193 |
| 1983 | 12 | 3,512 |
| 1984 | 6 | 5,937 |
| 1985 | 7 | 5,422 |
| 1986 | 7 | 5,610 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,506 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 8 | 1,914 |
| 1997 | 7 | 2,152 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,770 |
| 2000 | 7 | 2,167 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |

## People named Jill

- Jill Biden, American educator and First Lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025
- Jill Stein, American politician and physician (born 1950)
- Jill Clayburgh, American actress (1944–2010)
- Jill St. John, American actress
- Jill Hennessy, Canadian actor-singer (born 1968)
- Jill Scott, American singer
- Jill Ireland, English actress (1936–1990)
- Jill Tarter, American astronomer
- Jill Craybas, American tennis player
- Jill Roord, Dutch association football player
- Jill Abramson, former executive editor of The New York Times
- Jill Eikenberry, American actress

## 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.