How rare is the name Gil?

8,600 people in the United States have the first name Gil, about 1 in 35,120. It ranks #2,726 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

GIL

#2,726

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,600
About
1 in 35,120
This common or more
80.7%
Who bears it

Of the 8,600 people named Gil, 39.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 37.5% as White and 16.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 96.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gil peaked in 1957, when 124 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1957
Births that year
124
In 2025*
20 ▼84%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,971 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Gil by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,761. The largest share of babies named Gil, 33.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#6,53239
1920s#4,933114
1930s#3,563160
1940s#2,385381
1950s#1,761915
1960s#1,913900
1970s#2,905516
1980s#3,398508
1990s#4,207508
2000s#5,590469
2010s#7,645320
2020s#9,276141
Greatest Generation 1901–272.3%
Silent Generation 1928–457.4%
Baby boom 1946–6433.8%
Generation X 1965–8018.6%
Millennials 1981–9616.4%
Generation Z 1997–1214.5%
2013 and later7.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Gil is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gil has been most common in California (4×), New York (3.3×), and Texas (2.7×), and least common in Michigan (0.4×).

2,440 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Gil

#2,724 Yahir · 8,608#2,725 Eliezer · 8,603#2,727 Jamel · 8,587#2,728 Hao · 8,585

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gil, most common first.

#9,584 Gill · 1,440#13,666 Gila · 879#35,138 Gili · 230

Also a last name

As a last name, Gil ranks #1,274 of 156,621, with 27,026 people. See Gil as a last name

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