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UnisexOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

JillIn Hebrew: ג׳יל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Jill (Hebrew: ג׳יל) is a unisex name of international origin. 211 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1960, with 12 babies.

People in Israel
211
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1960
12 babies
USA, 2025
21
rank #5,722

Writing and saying Jill

In Hebrew letters the name is ג׳יל, read right to left. Jill is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Jill by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Jill: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Jill in English-speaking countries

Jill in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202521#5,7221966 (7,871)
Alberta20251#2,5381980 (63)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Jill has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Jill

How do you write Jill in Hebrew?

Jill is written ג׳יל in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Jill?

211 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ג׳יל: 108 women and 103 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Jill a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 51% of the people named ג׳יל are women and 49% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Is Jill used outside Israel?

The name Jill appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 21 girls were given it in 2025 (#5,722), per the Social Security Administration.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.