Gillian
6
Babies in 2024
+100%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 33
+50%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Gillian
Gillian peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (33 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 6 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Gillian reached its peak in 1996, when 33 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #703 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 6 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 26 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 257 girls have been officially registered with the name Gillian in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 40 girls were registered with the name, starting from 3 in 2014 and ending at 6 in 2024.