# Jillian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jillian/  
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 | /ˈdʒɪljən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 83,424 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 227 / 83,197 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 70, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 1,431 | 221 |
| 2012 | 1,102 | 286 |
| 2013 | 945 | 342 |
| 2014 | 848 | 385 |
| 2015 | 721 | 440 |
| 2016 | 602 | 518 |
| 2017 | 525 | 574 |
| 2018 | 383 | 734 |
| 2019 | 353 | 787 |
| 2020 | 267 | 957 |
| 2021 | 253 | 1,011 |
| 2022 | 232 | 1,083 |
| 2023 | 214 | 1,135 |
| 2024 | 214 | 1,131 |
| 2025 | 177 | 1,266 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 12 | 3,744 |
| 1987 | 12 | 3,844 |
| 1988 | 10 | 4,597 |
| 1989 | 18 | 3,262 |
| 1990 | 13 | 4,277 |
| 1991 | 5 | 8,825 |
| 1993 | 8 | 6,498 |
| 1994 | 5 | 9,499 |
| 1995 | 5 | 9,512 |
| 2000 | 10 | 6,552 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11,746 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8,498 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,278 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,280 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13,375 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 | 2,466 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,727 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Jillian

- Jillian Bell, American actress and comedian
- Jillian Murray, actress
- Jillian Hall, American professional wrestler
- Jillian Rose Reed, American actress (born 1991)
- Jillian Michaels, American personal trainer, reality show personality, actress, talk show host and entrepren
- Jillian Richardson, Canadian sprinter
- Jillian Armenante, American actress
- Jillian Camarena-Williams, American shot putter
- Jillian Banfield, Australian geomicrobiologist
- Jillian Bach, American actress
- Jillian Janson, American pornographic actress
- Jillian Tamaki, Canadian illustrator, graphic artist

## 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.