Lila
#186 for girls in 2025, 1,670 births · Last seen for boys in 1939 at #3,113
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2010 · 1,969 births
- Debut · girls
- 36 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 76,493since 1880
Lila over time
Rank among girls' names. Lila has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #186 | 1,670 | — | |
| 2024 | #206 | 1,482 | — | |
| 2023 | #213 | 1,401 | — | |
| 2022 | #221 | 1,354 | — | |
| 2021 | #223 | 1,341 | — | |
| 2020 | #228 | 1,298 | — | |
| 2019 | #228 | 1,373 | — | |
| 2018 | #225 | 1,405 | — | |
| 2017 | #210 | 1,474 | — | |
| 2016 | #210 | 1,561 | — | |
| 2015 | #199 | 1,658 | — | |
| 2014 | #184 | 1,776 | — | |
| 2013 | #190 | 1,703 | — | |
| 2012 | #182 | 1,728 | — | |
| 2011 | #163 | 1,921 | — | |
| 2010 | #155 | 1,969 | — | |
| 2009 | #167 | 1,935 | — | |
| 2008 | #180 | 1,852 | — | |
| 2007 | #259 | 1,357 | — | |
| 2006 | #329 | 1,006 | — | |
| 2005 | #446 | 680 | — | |
| 2004 | #489 | 599 | — | |
| 2003 | #569 | 492 | — | |
| 2002 | #618 | 414 | — | |
| 2001 | #641 | 394 | — | |
| 2000 | #749 | 307 | — | |
| 1999 | #723 | 312 | — | |
| 1998 | #930 | 224 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,175 | 156 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,311 | 131 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,330 | 124 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,239 | 139 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,495 | 106 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,452 | 109 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,257 | 134 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,300 | 125 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,250 | 126 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,376 | 103 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,257 | 112 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,215 | 114 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,096 | 132 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,279 | 98 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,106 | 123 | — | |
| 1982 | #994 | 148 | — | |
| 1981 | #982 | 149 | — | |
| 1980 | #986 | 150 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,025 | 137 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,135 | 114 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,097 | 118 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,086 | 112 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,127 | 103 | — | |
| 1974 | #876 | 148 | — | |
| 1973 | #911 | 135 | — | |
| 1972 | #928 | 132 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,074 | 112 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,012 | 123 | — | |
| 1969 | #888 | 141 | — | |
| 1968 | #966 | 115 | — | |
| 1967 | #911 | 126 | — | |
| 1966 | #823 | 146 | — | |
| 1965 | #767 | 167 | — | |
| 1964 | #677 | 227 | — | |
| 1963 | #661 | 234 | — | |
| 1962 | #738 | 195 | — | |
| 1961 | #629 | 263 | — | |
| 1960 | #578 | 291 | — | |
| 1959 | #559 | 304 | — | |
| 1958 | #577 | 293 | — | |
| 1957 | #496 | 362 | — | |
| 1956 | #443 | 428 | — | |
| 1955 | #483 | 355 | — | |
| 1954 | #465 | 359 | — | |
| 1953 | #458 | 340 | — | |
| 1952 | #418 | 414 | — | |
| 1951 | #439 | 363 | — | |
| 1950 | #432 | 351 | — | |
| 1949 | #405 | 388 | — | |
| 1948 | #388 | 421 | — | |
| 1947 | #395 | 411 | — | |
| 1946 | #386 | 386 | — | |
| 1945 | #362 | 368 | — | |
| 1944 | #337 | 414 | — | |
| 1943 | #315 | 487 | — | |
| 1942 | #316 | 482 | — | |
| 1941 | #282 | 522 | — | |
| 1940 | #270 | 529 | — | |
| 1939 | #284 | 482 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #275 | 531 | — | |
| 1937 | #257 | 578 | — | |
| 1936 | #244 | 646 | — | |
| 1935 | #226 | 753 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #210 | 844 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #204 | 859 | — | |
| 1932 | #193 | 949 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #183 | 995 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #170 | 1,203 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #180 | 1,108 | — | |
| 1928 | #195 | 1,034 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #193 | 1,059 | — | |
| 1926 | #190 | 1,085 | — | |
| 1925 | #174 | 1,248 | — | |
| 1924 | #199 | 1,053 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #196 | 1,064 | — | |
| 1922 | #212 | 919 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #213 | 894 | — | |
| 1920 | #227 | 840 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #227 | 749 | — | |
| 1918 | #231 | 748 | — | |
| 1917 | #240 | 678 | — | |
| 1916 | #230 | 708 | — | |
| 1915 | #230 | 684 | — | |
| 1914 | #226 | 561 | — | |
| 1913 | #231 | 430 | — | |
| 1912 | #226 | 396 | — | |
| 1911 | #227 | 302 | — | |
| 1910 | #209 | 311 | — | |
| 1909 | #218 | 259 | — | |
| 1908 | #213 | 254 | — | |
| 1907 | #224 | 218 | — | |
| 1906 | #196 | 242 | — | |
| 1905 | #212 | 211 | — | |
| 1904 | #185 | 259 | — | |
| 1903 | #203 | 206 | — | |
| 1902 | #189 | 239 | — | |
| 1901 | #214 | 181 | — | |
| 1900 | #191 | 268 | — | |
| 1899 | #202 | 190 | — | |
| 1898 | #204 | 208 | — | |
| 1897 | #206 | 176 | — | |
| 1896 | #195 | 201 | — | |
| 1895 | #204 | 175 | — | |
| 1894 | #210 | 161 | — | |
| 1893 | #198 | 167 | — | |
| 1892 | #211 | 147 | — | |
| 1891 | #208 | 128 | — | |
| 1890 | #222 | 120 | — | |
| 1889 | #217 | 113 | — | |
| 1888 | #247 | 88 | — | |
| 1887 | #243 | 74 | — | |
| 1886 | #248 | 69 | — | |
| 1885 | #254 | 62 | — | |
| 1884 | #221 | 73 | — | |
| 1883 | #210 | 69 | — | |
| 1882 | #205 | 65 | — | |
| 1881 | #244 | 42 | — | |
| 1880 | #254 | 36 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lila was already there! It came in at #254, and was given to 36 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 43 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lila
- 20 spots since 2024 (#206 → #186)
- 42 spots since 2020 (#228 → #186)
- 13 spots since 2015 (#199 → #186)
- Biggest jump: 245 spots in 1998 (#1,175 → #930)
- Biggest drop: 251 spots in 1975 (#876 → #1,127)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2010 at #155 (1,969 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1880–1969
- Highest: 1 in 903 girls born in 2010 were named Lila (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 962 girls born in 2025 (0.10%)
- 21.7% of all girls named Lila (16,568) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #170 (1930) → #1,495 (1993) → #155 (2010)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 691 | #205 (1882) | #234 |
| 1890s | 1,673 | #195 (1896) | #206 |
| 1900s | 2,337 | #185 (1904) | #205 |
| 1910s | 5,567 | #209 (1910) | #228 |
| 1920s | 10,304 | #174 (1925) | #198 |
| 1930s | 7,840 | #170 (1930) | #225 |
| 1940s | 4,408 | #270 (1940) | #346 |
| 1950s | 3,569 | #418 (1952) | #477 |
| 1960s | 1,905 | #578 (1960) | #764 |
| 1970s | 1,234 | #876 (1974) | #1,027 |
| 1980s | 1,255 | #982 (1981) | #1,154 |
| 1990s | 1,560 | #723 (1999) | #1,221 |
| 2000s | 9,036 | #167 (2009) | #445 |
| 2010s | 16,568 | #155 (2010) | #195 |
| 2020s | 8,546 | #186 (2025) | #213 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lila in 1930
Top girls' names in 1930
Top boys' names in 1930
More about 1930
girls
1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 936 of them was named Lila, which outranked 96.8% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 219,476 of them was named Lila, which outranked 11.9% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 541 names at #4,001; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.