Baby name

Jillian

Girl

Origin of the name

Jillian is a form of Gillian, a medieval English form of Juliana.

Classic name

The high point came in 1982, with 3,056 births and the No. 96 spot that year. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 80 years out of 146. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 1261. 31% of all babies named Jillian since 1880 were born in the 1980s.

83,197births since 1880

1980sgeneration

No. 96rank at its peak, in 1982

Where babies named Jillian are born

1982

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The darker the blue, the more common Jillian is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Jillian is most common in New Hampshire (3.4 times), Massachusetts (2.9) and Rhode Island (2.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Lillian 475,028
Gillian 16,059

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