Jillian
About Jillian
This spelling of Jillian is now much more popular than the original, maybe because the G version invites pronunciation problems.
Pronounced JIL-yun.
As of October 2026, Jillian ranked #1266 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #96 in 1982.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #385 | 848 | 474.7 |
| 2015 | #440 | 721 | 403.9 |
| 2016 | #518 | 602 | 339.7 |
| 2017 | #574 | 525 | 304.1 |
| 2018 | #734 | 383 | 225.2 |
| 2019 | #787 | 353 | 210.3 |
| 2020 | #956 | 267 | 165.2 |
| 2021 | #1,011 | 253 | 154.2 |
| 2022 | #1,084 | 231 | 140.8 |
| 2023 | #1,140 | 213 | 132.7 |
| 2024 | #1,132 | 213 | 131.5 |
| 2025 | #1,266 | 177 | 110.1 |
World rankings
Similar names
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Jillian on lists
Famous Jillians
- Jillian Michaels (born Jillian Leigh McKarus)
American celebrity fitness trainer
- Jillian Leigh Murray
American actress and model
- Jillian Jensen
American singer
- JIllian Dodd
American novelist
- Jillian Ellis
American soccer coach
- Jillian Lauren
American writer and performer
- Jillian Rose Reed
American actress
- Jillian Marie Barberie
Canadian actress and TV personality
- Jillian Leigh Bell
American actress
- (Jillian Rose) Banks
American singer,songwriter
- Jillian Parry Fry
Miss Teen USA 2000
- Jillian Faye Hall
American professional wrestler
- Jillian Noel "Jill" Hennessy
Canadian actress; twin sister Jacqueline Hennessy
- Jillian Harris
Canadian blogger, interior decorator, and TV personality
- Jillian Grace
American model
- Jillian York
American writer, activist, and journalist
- Jillian Butler
American actress
Jillian in pop culture
- Jillian "Jill" Greene
Rachel's sister on TV's "Friends"
- Jillian Miller
character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
- Jillian Belk
character on TV's "Workaholics"
- Jillian "Jill" Hope Hodgson
character in "Channel Zero"
- Jilllian
character in 2010 film "Jack and the Beanstalk"
- Jillian Russell
Wilcox, character on TV's "Family Guy"
- Jillian Beach
character in Daniel Handler's "Why We Broke Up"
- Jillian "Jill
" character in Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy and Bloodlines series
- Jillian 'Jilly' Kitzinger
character on TV's Torchwood
- Jillian Jiggs
classic children's book character
- Jillian Holtzmann
character portrayed by Kate McKinnon in Ghostbusters (2016)
- Jillian Hayes
character on CBS' Salvation
Variations & nicknames
- Gillianspelling variation