Feminine dossier · first seen 1922

Gillian

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Gillian
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95% from peak

Peak era

1999

Peak rank proxy

1,022

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1922Peak 19992024

Peak year

1999

Decline from peak

95%

2024

All-time

16,011

Gillian once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1999, when 1,022 girls were named Gillian.

In 2024, only 51 girls were given the name.

Down 95% from its peak.

All told, about 16,011 Americans have been named Gillian and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1922.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95% from peak

19991,022 girls named Gillian

202451 girls named Gillian

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