Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Jill” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jill” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jill” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Jill” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Jill” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Jill” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Jill” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jill” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1906 5 0.00001167 5 100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 100%
1915 5 0.000002729 5 100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 100%
1918 6 0.000002764 6 100%
1919 15 0.000007108 15 100%
1920 14 0.000006187 14 100%
1921 11 0.000004712 11 100%
1922 15 0.000006553 15 100%
1923 20 0.000008686 20 100%
1924 17 0.000007138 17 100%
1925 17 0.000007286 17 100%
1926 34 0.000014809 34 100%
1927 38 0.000016384 38 100%
1928 36 0.000015923 36 100%
1929 54 0.000024633 54 100%
1930 58 0.000026087 58 100%
1931 72 0.000034214 72 100%
1932 84 0.000039786 84 100%
1933 112 0.000056015 112 100%
1934 149 0.000071744 149 100%
1935 151 0.000072252 151 100%
1936 180 0.000086639 180 100%
1937 184 0.000086358 184 100%
1938 265 0.00011977 265 100%
1939 323 0.000146589 323 100%
1940 390 0.000169368 390 100%
1941 490 0.000201114 490 100%
1942 663 0.000242696 663 100%
1943 817 0.000289454 811 6 99%
1944 1044 0.000388093 1037 7 99%
1945 1158 0.000436502 1158 100%
1946 1624 0.000508245 1624 100%
1947 1866 0.000517999 1859 7 99%
1948 1891 0.000547716 1886 5 99%
1949 1947 0.000558716 1947 100%
1950 2196 0.000626827 2196 100%
1951 2566 0.000696575 2566 100%
1952 3057 0.000804896 3052 5 100%
1953 3389 0.000879427 3389 100%
1954 3976 0.000998817 3968 8 100%
1955 4238 0.001055521 4222 16 99%
1956 4586 0.001112287 4576 10 100%
1957 4738 0.00112752 4729 9 100%
1958 4808 0.001163065 4808 100%
1959 5570 0.001339589 5554 16 99%
1960 6028 0.001451196 6018 10 100%
1961 6154 0.001485648 6137 17 99%
1962 6184 0.001532449 6170 14 100%
1963 6313 0.001594917 6301 12 100%
1964 7258 0.001866959 7242 16 100%
1965 7847 0.002164422 7821 26 99%
1966 7885 0.002268637 7870 15 100%
1967 7418 0.002185044 7399 19 99%
1968 7538 0.002231225 7520 18 100%
1969 6685 0.001923562 6666 19 99%
1970 6831 0.001894073 6806 25 99%
1971 5735 0.001670864 5724 11 100%
1972 4839 0.001539615 4825 14 99%
1973 4551 0.001508509 4538 13 99%
1974 5077 0.001670066 5060 17 99%
1975 5748 0.001903693 5728 20 99%
1976 5299 0.001746366 5283 16 99%
1977 6254 0.001968837 6238 16 99%
1978 5696 0.001794655 5677 19 99%
1979 5216 0.001567779 5192 24 99%
1980 4570 0.00132675 4558 12 99%
1981 3865 0.001117254 3857 8 100%
1982 3285 0.000936441 3271 14 99%
1983 2799 0.00080818 2787 12 99%
1984 2332 0.000668433 2326 6 99%
1985 2046 0.000573252 2039 7 99%
1986 1779 0.00050013 1772 7 99%
1987 1414 0.000392166 1409 5 99%
1988 1333 0.000360754 1333 100%
1989 1057 0.000274942 1057 100%
1990 835 0.00021126 835 100%
1991 719 0.000184583 719 100%
1992 647 0.000168434 647 100%
1993 546 0.000144817 546 100%
1994 460 0.000123734 460 100%
1995 408 0.00011141 408 100%
1996 343 0.000094045 343 100%
1997 314 0.000086603 314 100%
1998 263 0.000071502 263 100%
1999 213 0.000057663 213 100%
2000 215 0.00005688 215 100%
2001 186 0.000049688 186 100%
2002 140 0.00003745 140 100%
2003 153 0.000040239 153 100%
2004 120 0.000031406 120 100%
2005 113 0.00002939 113 100%
2006 142 0.000035893 142 100%
2007 93 0.000023263 93 100%
2008 91 0.000023151 91 100%
2009 82 0.000021465 82 100%
2010 71 0.000019211 71 100%
2011 56 0.00001531 56 100%
2012 43 0.000011757 43 100%
2013 46 0.000012618 46 100%
2014 52 0.00001403 52 100%
2015 37 0.000009998 37 100%
2016 32 0.000008722 32 100%
2017 43 0.000012024 43 100%
2018 23 0.000006542 23 100%
2019 22 0.000006338 22 100%
2020 18 0.000005388 18 100%
2021 20 0.000005903 20 100%
2022 31 0.000009163 31 100%
2023 15 0.00000453 15 100%
2024 19 0.000005708 19 100%

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