Jillean — girls' name
47 babies named Jillean in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
47 girls have been named Jillean since 1977, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1988.
- 47
- total births
- 1977–1988
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
55% of everyone ever named Jillean was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Jillean in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jillean
The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Jillean between 1977 and 1988, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jillean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jillean performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jillean shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jillean 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 47 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.
Jillean at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jillean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1977
- Peak year (1978)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
47 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 8 births in a single year.
Jillean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 26 births that decade — 55% of Jillean's all-time total
Jillean decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jillean's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.