girls:
322 births since 1881
#5394 (6th percentile)
boys:
191 births since 1894
#4395 (4th percentile)
overall:
513 births since 1881
#7226 (7th percentile)
The name Gillie is the #7,226 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 513 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 6.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,394 (5.6% percentile) for all time with 322 births since 1881. For boys, it ranks #4,395 (4.1% percentile) for all time with 191 births since 1894.
Gillie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for girls and 1894 for boys). Birth data for Gillie is available in 55 out of the 110 years between 1881 and 1990 (41 years for girls and 27 years for boys). 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 Gillie has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (62.8% of all recorded births). In 1990, 0.0% of babies named Gillie were girls. Interestingly, until around 1924, the name was more popular for girls (78.8% girls from 1881 to 1923), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (65.2% boys from 1924 to 1990).
For girls, Gillie reached its peak popularity in 1891, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #277) with 76 births per million. The name was most common in 1891, with 76 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1952.
For boys, Gillie reached its peak popularity in 1929, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #521) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1894, with 48 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1990.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gillie".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Gillie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.9% confident that Gillie is pronounced as GIH-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JIH-lee, at 17.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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