Jillyn — girls' name
171 babies named Jillyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
171 girls have been named Jillyn since 1950, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 2002.
- 171
- total births
- 1950–2002
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
33% of everyone ever named Jillyn was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Jillyn in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jillyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 171 babies named Jillyn between 1950 and 2002, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jillyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jillyn performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jillyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jillyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jillyn 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 171 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.
Jillyn at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jillyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1950
- Peak year (1976)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
171 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 10 births in a single year.
Jillyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 57 births that decade — 33% of Jillyn's all-time total
Jillyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Jillyn's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Jillyn by state
Where Jillyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 7 | 4.1% |
7 of 171 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Utah 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 4.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1950–2002 (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.