Jillian

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jillian: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jillian: Recorded since 1952, its highest recorded position is #44, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
75times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#44highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#3824
2000	#3247
2001	#2466
2002	#4137
2003	#2727
2004	#3725
2006	#5061
2008	#4524
2010	#4688
2011	#4764
2012	#5876
2014	#4684
2018	#5666
2022	#5669
2023	#5687
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 40 of the 44 years from 1964 to 2007.

In 2006: #764 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5061 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #87 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1954–1966
Highest recorded position: #44 among girls in New Zealand, in 1954 (recorded 1954–1966).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Jillian appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 40 ranked years and 560 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1952.

Jillian across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jillian's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#327 (1964)	#173 (1982)	#624 (2007)	40 of 44	560 (1964–2007)	37 (1980)
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#2096 (1996)	#5891 (2024)	17 of 29	67 (1996–2024)	7 (1996)
New Zealand · Girls	#44 (1954)	#44 (1954)	#93 (1966)	13 of 13	1,571 (1954–1966)	152 (1954)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#87 (1952)	#85 (1953)	#87 (1955)	4 of 4	346 (1952–1955)	90 (1955)

Jillian by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jillian in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	29	5 of 10	6
1970sbusiest	215	10 of 10	22
1980s	217	10 of 10	22
1990s	67	9 of 10	7
2000s	32	6 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Jillian appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #44 in New Zealand in 1954.

Jillian's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#87	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#85	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#85	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	female	#87	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New Zealand	female	#93	70	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	female	#78	80	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	female	#58	125	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	female	#62	124	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	female	#67	117	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	female	#51	147	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	female	#56	134	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	female	#58	124	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	female	#57	125	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	female	#56	121	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	female	#48	127	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	female	#49	125	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	female	#44	152	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	9	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#268	12	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	9	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#244	15	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	7	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#285	11	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	20	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#218	20	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	14	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	19	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	14	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	19	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	33	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	30	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	37	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	20	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	35	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	32	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#244	17	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	22	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#210	23	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	15	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#224	18	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	23	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	10	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#255	11	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	4	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	7	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 63 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #44, first reached in 1954.

It held a top-100 place in 15 years, 15 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 152 births, registered in New Zealand in 1954.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 47 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Jill · #62, 71y
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Jimi · #942, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Clare · #45, 62y
Desmond · #43, 68y
Ronnie · #46, 60y
Colleen · #41, 64y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Christer · #44, 58y
Michele · #44, 70y
Desmond · #43, 68y
Glenda · #43, 41y

Jillian was ranked #44 in New Zealand · Girls in 1954. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jillian and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jillian without appearing here.

Jillian moved ahead of

Jan Compare
In 1975 they stood at #327 and #327 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1976 that had become #244 and #497.
Tracey Compare
In 2003 they stood at #559 and #490 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #340 and #576.
Alma Compare
In 2006 they stood at #764 and #764 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #624 and #842.
Audrey Compare
In 2006 they stood at #523 and #461 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #624 and #842.

Moved ahead of Jillian

Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4764 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #1977.
Cameron Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2096 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #983.
Ada Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2096 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1543.
Audrey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2096 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1666.

Moved the opposite way to Jillian

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2007 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jillian went from #327 to #624 while Aisling went from #154 to #36.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2007 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jillian went from #327 to #624 while Alexandra went from #222 to #67.
Anna Compare
Between 1964 and 2007 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jillian went from #327 to #624 while Anna went from #34 to #20.
Ashley Compare
Between 1964 and 2007 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jillian went from #327 to #624 while Ashley went from #372 to #193.

Moved the same way as Jillian

Alma Compare
Between 1964 and 2007 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jillian went from #327 to #624 and Alma from #327 to #842.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2007 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jillian went from #327 to #624 and Audrey from #85 to #842.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1964 and 2007 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jillian went from #327 to #624 and Deirdre from #14 to #326.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2007 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Jillian went from #327 to #624 and Eileen from #17 to #404.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #44 in New Zealand in 1954. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jillian

Jillian at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jillian across 4 official records

Jillian by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Jillian appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Jillian

Jillian and the names beside it

Jillian moved ahead of

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Jillian at a glance

Jillian across 4 official records

Jillian by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Jillian appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Jillian

Jillian and the names beside it

Jillian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jillian

Moved the opposite way to Jillian

Moved the same way as Jillian