Girls' name · since 1944
Jillian
Since 1944, U.S. Social Security records show 83,197 babies named Jillian, peaking in 1982. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #432 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,268 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 83,197
- born since 1944
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jillian currently ranks #1268 among girls' names in America, with 83,197 babies recorded since 1944.
Jillian has 83,197 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1268 as of the latest data, more common than 93% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2025.
- #432 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,268 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 83,197 born since 1944
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jillian ranks #432 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,268 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 83,197 born since 1944, peaking in the 1980s.
- #432 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,268 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 83,197
- born since 1944
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jillian's 83,197 recorded births place it above 99.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Jillian compares
83,197 Top 3% higher than 97% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jillian's all-time total is 221x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jillian | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 83,197 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 3,056 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jillian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jillian's full recorded timeline at 1986, 77% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 23% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1944, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 3,056 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jillian popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2025
- Peak year (1982)
- 3,056
- Annual births at peak, across 82 years of records
Jillian popularity over time - boys
227 total births recorded since 1977 (Jillian as boys' name)
Jillian by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (25,446 births, 31% of the file).
1980s was Jillian's strongest decade.
25,446 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Jillian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 37
1940s
37 births
- 1950s 86
1950s
86 births
- 1960s 333
1960s
333 births
- 1970s 4,661
1970s
4,661 births
- 1980s
1980s
25,446 births
- 1990s
1990s
19,725 births
- 2000s
2000s
22,822 births
- 2010s 8,730
2010s
8,730 births
- 2020s 1,357
2020s
1,357 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 25,446 births (31% of all-time use).
How Jillian compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jillian's total volume
Jillian by state
Where Jillian concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 9,031 | 10.9% |
| #2 | California | | 7,769 | 9.3% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 5,186 | 6.2% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 4,908 | 5.9% |
| #5 | Texas | | 4,293 | 5.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 4,280 | 5.1% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 4,126 | 5.0% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 4,026 | 4.8% |
9,031 of 83,197 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Jillian appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jillian's data
- Jillian's decade-level peak was the 1980s (25,446 total births); usage has since declined to 1,357 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Jillians (9,031 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jillian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~81 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, 1944–2025 (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 Jillian 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.