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Gillian Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Gillian?

In 2018 the rare name Gillian, ranked the 2,157th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Gillian is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #303 in 1999 with 1,022 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Gillian in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1939.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Gillian occurred roughly during the years 1944-1947, 1952-1955, 1958-1968, 1978-1982, and 1993-1999, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 2008-2013, and 2014-2017.

Sometimes the name Gillian has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Gillian's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Gillian has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Gillian?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

The name Gillian is quite distinctive and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Gillian has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Gillian (Girl)Gillian (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 87 2,157 < 5 --
2017 81 2,281 < 5 --
2016 105 1,911 6 11,170
2015 120 1,740 < 5 --
2014 125 1,685 < 5 --
2013 120 1,727 < 5 --
2012 166 1,391 < 5 --
2011 188 1,266 < 5 --
2010 211 1,154 5 12,910
2009 251 1,036 < 5 --
2008 339 835 < 5 --
2007 366 789 < 5 --
2006 362 759 8 8,989
2005 420 661 < 5 --
2004 513 555 < 5 --
2003 638 466 < 5 --
2002 761 388 < 5 --
2001 863 348 < 5 --
2000 976 324 6 9,501
1999 1,022 303 8 7,387
1998 890 331 < 5 --
1997 659 396 < 5 --
1996 379 604 < 5 --
1995 221 871 < 5 --
1994 162 1,105 < 5 --
1993 176 1,046 < 5 --
1992 198 969 < 5 --
1991 208 925 5 8,663
1990 239 820 7 6,675
1989 262 749 < 5 --
1988 281 684 10 4,548
1987 264 695 < 5 --
1986 209 804 < 5 --
1985 234 739 < 5 --
1984 255 671 < 5 --
1983 227 728 < 5 --
1982 255 688 5 6,703
1981 222 744 < 5 --
1980 173 885 < 5 --
1979 174 878 < 5 --
1978 175 847 7 4,709
1977 162 885 < 5 --
1976 94 1,210 < 5 --
1975 100 1,156 < 5 --
1974 110 1,073 < 5 --
1973 139 899 < 5 --
1972 128 952 < 5 --
1971 120 1,026 < 5 --
1970 125 998 < 5 --
1969 127 946 < 5 --
1968 116 960 < 5 --
1967 84 1,159 < 5 --
1966 83 1,175 < 5 --
1965 82 1,190 < 5 --
1964 70 1,347 < 5 --
1963 61 1,429 < 5 --
1962 65 1,378 < 5 --
1961 51 1,582 < 5 --
1960 19 2,850 < 5 --
1959 35 1,892 < 5 --
1958 25 2,278 < 5 --
1957 31 1,962 < 5 --
1956 26 2,166 < 5 --
1955 29 1,994 < 5 --
1954 16 2,814 < 5 --
1953 19 2,459 < 5 --
1952 16 2,718 < 5 --
1951 19 2,341 < 5 --
1950 18 2,377 < 5 --
1949 23 2,031 < 5 --
1948 19 2,280 < 5 --
1947 22 2,104 < 5 --
1946 11 3,098 < 5 --
1945 13 2,514 < 5 --
1944 7 3,834 < 5 --
1943 10 3,119 < 5 --
1942 7 3,878 < 5 --
1941 9 3,098 < 5 --
1940 7 3,633 < 5 --
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1938 6 4,021 < 5 --
1937 6 3,982 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.