Gill — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gill

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,218 babies named Gill between 1884 and 2006, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gill currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 44 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gill performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 378 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Gill shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Gill in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gill in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,218 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.