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Jillian

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Jillian is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 1,261st for girls in the US (177 babies).

What does Jillian mean?

Latin

A female given name from Latin, variant of Gillian.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Jillian a girl's or a boy's name?

Jillian is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 177 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jillian in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,990among girls
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 200% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Jillian, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 21 girls.

Half of all the girls named Jillian in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 21 in 19962025
Jillian in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20243#5,966
20233#5,929
20223#5,885
20210–
20200–
20190–
20183#5,896
20170–
20161#7,664
20150–
20144#4,888
20131#7,690
20123#6,108
20115#4,244
20104#4,931
20091#7,377
20084#4,742
20071#7,017
20063#5,259
20051#6,340
20045#3,356
20036#2,877
20028#2,231
20019#1,974
20008#2,097
199916#1,298
19985#2,855
199716#1,278
199621#1,024

How popular is Jillian in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,261among girls
Babies in 2025
177about 1 in 9,100 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 40% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 177 girls in the US were named Jillian, making it the 1,261st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 957th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 3,056 girls. It first appears in the records in 1944.

2025 had fewer girls named Jillian than any year since 1975.

Half of all the girls named Jillian in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.

1944Busiest: 3,056 in 19822025
Jillian in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025177#1,261
2024214#1,128
2023214#1,135
2022232#1,082
2021253#1,010
2020267#957
2019353#786
2018383#734
2017525#574
2016602#517
2015721#440
2014848#385
2013945#342
20121,102#286
20111,431#221
20101,820#169
20092,041#157
20081,905#174
20071,787#187
20062,004#174
20052,121#161
20042,179#152
20032,425#135
20022,734#125
20012,847#120
20002,779#120
19992,280#142
19982,015#158
19971,849#166
19961,462#199
19951,503#197
19941,542#191
19931,980#157
19922,041#149
19912,377#136
19902,676#122
19892,922#106
19882,746#104
19872,793#99
19862,587#107
19852,475#115
19842,624#106
19832,514#115
19823,056#96
19812,079#137
19801,650#171
19791,506#179
19781,339#194
19771,054#236
1976255#612
197588#1,269
197484#1,278
197393#1,169
1972101#1,105
197166#1,516
197075#1,389
196948#1,755
196878#1,236
196743#1,751
196631#2,093
196528#2,246
196432#2,108
196323#2,542
196222#2,604
196115#3,317
196013#3,511
19597#5,030
19586#5,407
195714#3,149
195612#3,492
19557#4,739
195410#3,717
19537#4,594
195211#3,371
19516#4,832
19506#4,736
19495#5,243
194812#2,973
194715#2,636
19460–
19450–
19445#4,572

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