Gil
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GIL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Gil is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “joy”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Gil mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew word name; also short for Gilbert and the Iberian form of Giles
“joy”
In Hebrew gil means joy; Gil is also the Spanish and Portuguese form of Giles, as in the novel Gil Blas.
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Is Gil a girl's or a boy's name?
Gil is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gil in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Gil, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gil in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Gil in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,489 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Gil in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Gil, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 1957, with 124 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Gil in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gil in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 40 | #2,913 |
| 2009 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,466 |
| 2007 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2006 | 67 | #1,993 |
| 2005 | 42 | #2,610 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,098 |
| 2003 | 47 | #2,265 |
| 2002 | 41 | #2,424 |
| 2001 | 40 | #2,425 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,132 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 55 | #1,808 |
| 1997 | 50 | #1,856 |
| 1996 | 67 | #1,497 |
| 1995 | 48 | #1,796 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,036 |
| 1993 | 49 | #1,736 |
| 1992 | 59 | #1,505 |
| 1991 | 52 | #1,609 |
| 1990 | 51 | #1,610 |
| 1989 | 50 | #1,585 |
| 1988 | 47 | #1,548 |
| 1987 | 52 | #1,398 |
| 1986 | 36 | #1,724 |
| 1985 | 44 | #1,503 |
| 1984 | 67 | #1,095 |
| 1983 | 49 | #1,326 |
| 1982 | 52 | #1,292 |
| 1981 | 50 | #1,309 |
| 1980 | 61 | #1,166 |
| 1979 | 41 | #1,464 |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,258 |
| 1977 | 50 | #1,252 |
| 1976 | 55 | #1,154 |
| 1975 | 49 | #1,208 |
| 1974 | 48 | #1,198 |
| 1973 | 45 | #1,231 |
| 1972 | 54 | #1,107 |
| 1971 | 68 | #985 |
| 1970 | 55 | #1,103 |
| 1969 | 63 | #965 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,068 |
| 1967 | 76 | #822 |
| 1966 | 71 | #860 |
| 1965 | 91 | #771 |
| 1964 | 107 | #742 |
| 1963 | 109 | #740 |
| 1962 | 115 | #715 |
| 1961 | 121 | #693 |
| 1960 | 99 | #766 |
| 1959 | 118 | #707 |
| 1958 | 115 | #698 |
| 1957 | 124 | #684 |
| 1956 | 94 | #755 |
| 1955 | 74 | #854 |
| 1954 | 100 | #721 |
| 1953 | 92 | #743 |
| 1952 | 78 | #793 |
| 1951 | 68 | #846 |
| 1950 | 52 | #959 |
| 1949 | 62 | #871 |
| 1948 | 55 | #932 |
| 1947 | 55 | #955 |
| 1946 | 40 | #1,093 |
| 1945 | 43 | #971 |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,193 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,528 |
| 1942 | 30 | #1,268 |
| 1941 | 17 | #1,685 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,458 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,613 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,481 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,872 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,837 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,551 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,693 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,002 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,480 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,867 |
Names like Gil
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Toby Michael Daniel Gabriel Joel Joey Jamie Matthew Nathaniel Jude Zachary Adam
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gil: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gil, updated 20 October 2026.