Gill

girls:

56 births since 1948

#5660 (1st percentile)

boys:

1.2k births since 1884

#3390 (26th percentile)

overall:

1.3k births since 1884

#6468 (16th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Gill is the #6,468 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,273 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 16.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,390 (26.0% percentile) for all time with 1,217 births since 1884. For girls, it ranks #5,660 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 56 births since 1948.

Gill first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (1884 for boys and 1948 for girls). Birth data for Gill is available in 86 out of the 123 years between 1884 and 2006 (86 years for boys and 9 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Gill has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.6% of all recorded births being male.

For boys, Gill reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 6.1% percentile (ranked #600) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 1884, with 41 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2006.

For girls, Gill reached its peak popularity in 1964, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #779) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1964, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1966.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gill".

1884 2006 18842006

Key Statistics

Total Births
56
Peak Births
10
Peak Year
1964
First Recorded
1948
Peak Percentile
0.6%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#779
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
1,217
Peak Births
44
Peak Year
1956
First Recorded
1884
Peak Percentile
6.1%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#600
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Gill

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Gill. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 87.5% confident that Gill is pronounced as gihl, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is jihl, at 12.5% confidence, with 1 syllables.

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gihl (1 syllable)
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G IH1 L
jihl (1 syllable)
12.5% confidence
JH IH1 L

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