Unisex name · since 1881
Gillie
Gillie has 321 recorded births since 1881 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1896 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,353 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 321
- born since 1881
- 1890s
- peak decade
Gillie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 321 have been recorded since 1881.
Gillie has 321 recorded births among girls since 1881, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1890s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1881 to 1952.
- #15,353 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 321 born since 1881
- 1890s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gillie ranks #15,353 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 321 born since 1881, peaking in the 1890s.
- #15,353 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 321
- born since 1881
- 1890s
- peak decade
Gillie's 321 recorded births place it above 78.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gillie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Gillie's SSA record in two at 1912 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1884, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1896 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Gillie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–1952
- Peak year (1896)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Gillie popularity over time - boys
191 total births recorded since 1894 (Gillie as boys' name)
Gillie by decade
1890s is the heaviest window (80 births, 25% of the file).
1890s was Gillie's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Gillie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 19
1880s
19 births
- 1890s
1890s
80 births
- 1900s
1900s
55 births
- 1910s
1910s
79 births
- 1920s
1920s
32 births
- 1930s
1930s
35 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1890s at 80 births (25% of all-time use).
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What to do with Gillie's data
- Gillie's decade-level peak was the 1890s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gillie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1896)
Similar record span (~71 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1881–1952 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Gillie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.