Gili
Gili is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Gili
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gili is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Gili
American parents first put Gili on the record books as a baby girl name in 2004, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2005, when 11 Gilis were born — ranking #9,452 that year. About 65% of every Gili on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Gili last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 62 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Gili
Gili is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2004 and has accumulated 62 births in the dataset. Gili's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #9,452. Use the chart and map above to compare Gili's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.