Gili

Girls' name

My joy

Gili has been given to 62 babies in the U.S. since 2004. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2005, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Gili, 2022

1 in 677,000

Gili over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gili: meaning, origin, and history

My joy

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gili means

Gili means “my joy”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Gili is used in Hebrew.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 62 girls were recorded with the name Gili between 2004 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2005; its best national rank was #9,676 in 2005.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Gili?

Gili had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022: 1 in 677,000; 5 of 3,385,755 births
Among girls only: 1 in 328,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2022: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,366 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gili sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 469,366 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gili. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gilis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gili was born before 2008 — so the typical Gili is around 17 today.

Median birth year: 2008; About 17 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 64.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 62; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 64.5% of all recorded uses (40).

Is Gili rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2005 (11)
Years since peak: 20; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 13.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,676; 2005

Spellings of Gili

Gili is not the most common spelling — Jill is, with 17.4% against Gili's <0.01%.

Jill17.4%208,071
Gail16.9%201,746
Lily15.9%189,644
Gina12.8%153,057
Mila7.1%84,489
Lila6.4%76,493
Kali2.7%32,527
Ila2.1%25,060

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Gili by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,676; 2005
Peak year: 2005; 11 that year
First recorded: 2004
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 62
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gili

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Gill Gila Leili Nili Hili Kili Gilma Mili Gilana Anaili Caili Yeili Giliana Shaili Jaili Ziraili Maili Laili Meili Keili Kamili Gilian Gilberto Gilly

Sibling names for Gili

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jaci Yahaira Pilar Anisa Jamya Yajaira Anjali Anneliese

For a brother

Braulio Johnpaul Jamarion Kenyon Paulo Yair Kadin Lavon

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