How Many People Are Named Gilles?
people named Gilles are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,770,905 people in the US has this name
Based on 359 babies named Gilles in Social Security records from 1923 to 2001, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
13 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of GILES.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gilles in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gilles alive today is about 65 years old, and 67% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 57 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gilles first appears in the records in 1923 and was given most often in 1928, to 13 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2001.
Babies given the name each year, 1923 to 2001
🏆 Rank History
Gilles has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,071, in 1946.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,071 (1946) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,882 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gilles alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gilles were born in Maine than in any other state: about 4 of those alive today.
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