Jill
About Jill
Probably due to its nursery rhyme association, Jill has the perpetual air of a rosy-cheeked tot -- even though it is one of the oldest names on the roster, a medieval variation on the Roman Julia. The pairing of Jack and Jill to connote a generic boy and girl goes back at least to the fifteenth century. But can knowing Jill's history keep it from sounding like a cute mid-twentieth century invention? There may be some possibility of Jill making it back up the hill.
Jill entered the Top 100 in 1957 and held that position until 1983, dropping off the list completely in the year 2000. A notable present bearer is Jill Biden.
Pronounced JIL.
As of October 2026, Jill ranked #5810 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #41 in 1977, Nameberry popularity #797.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
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 | #3,160 | 52 | 29.1 |
| 2015 | #4,029 | 37 | 20.7 |
| 2016 | #4,471 | 32 | 18.1 |
| 2017 | #3,583 | 43 | 24.9 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | #4,521 | 31 | 18.9 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
World rankings
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Jill on lists
Famous Jills
- Jill Tracy Biden
2nd Lady of the U.S. as wife of Vice President Joe Biden
- Jill Zarin
American reality TV personality ("The Real Housewives of New York")
- Jill Dorothy Ireland
English actress
- Jill St. John (born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim)
American actress
- Jill Clayburgh
American actress
- Jill Eikenberry
American actress
- Jillian Suzanne "Jill" Wagner
American actress and game show personality
- Jill Michelle (Duggar) Dillard
4th child of reality TV's Duggar famiy
- Jillian Noel "Jill" Hennessy
Canadian actress; twin sister Jacqueline Hennessy
- Jill Craybas
American tennis player
- Jill Angela Henriette Balcon
English actress
- Jill Hetherington
Canadian tennis player
- Jill Scott
American R&B singer/actress
- Jill Sobule
American singer,songwriter
- Jill Vidal
Hong Kong pop singer
- (Joan Christabel) Jill Knight
Baroness Knight of Collingtree, British MP
- Jill Farren Phelps
American soap opera producer
- Jill Ellen Stein
American physician and politician
- Jill Anna Maria Johnson
Swedish country music singer,songwriter
- Jill Evans
Welsh MEP
- Jill Stefani
sister of singer Gwen Stefani
- Jill Louise Scott
English football player
- Jillian Anne "Jill" Ellis
English,American football coach
Jill in pop culture
- Jill Pole
character in C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia
- Jill Valentine
character in the Resident Evil video game series
- Jill Young
character in "Mighty Joe Young"
- Jill Taylor
mom on TV's "Home Improvement"
- Jill Roberts
character in the Scream movie series
- Jill
character in the anonymously,written novel "Letting Ana Go"
- Jill Ash
minor character on TV's "Angel"
- Jill Chase
character in movie "The Collector"
- Jill Sadelstein
character in movie "Jack and Jill"
- Jill St Claire
character in movie "The Whole Nine Yards"
- Jill Kaplan
main character in comic strip "The Pajama Diaries" by Terri Libenson
- Jillian "Jill" Greene
Rachel's sister on TV's "Friends"
- Jillian "Jill
" character in Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy and Bloodlines series
- "Jack and Jill
" nursery rhyme
- Jack Off Jill
90s American rock band
- Jill Tuck
character from the SAW movie franchise, played by Betsy Russell
- Jill of the Jungle
1990s PC game
- J.Jill
women's apparel company