Lilah

#179 for girls in 2025, 1,736 births

Peak · girls
#179
2025 · 1,736 births
Debut · girls
1884
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
24,664
since 1884

Lilah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lilah has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1791,736
2024#1791,690
2023#1981,503
2022#2191,364
2021#2441,250
2020#2401,258
2019#2871,153
2018#2871,155
2017#2721,177
2016#2991,093
2015#3141,032
2014#3161,051
2013#3041,049
2012#3101,032
2011#3061,046
2010#336964
2009#366885
2008#416774
2007#571525
2006#864308
2005#1,067223
2004#1,278167
2003#1,284162
2002#1,432133
2001#1,700106
2000#1,86991
1999#2,18269
1998#2,79847
1997#3,71630
1996#3,14937
1995#5,95815
1994#5,98415
1993#5,20618
1992#7,06712
1991#7,43011
1990#5,28617
1989#6,53112
1988#6,27712
1987#4,47418
1986#4,34718
1985#4,28218
1984#6,29110
1983#4,28617
1982#4,34717
1981#4,96314
1980#5,54412
1979#5,42712
1978#3,09825
1977#4,94213
1976#3,81217
1975#4,59313
1974#5,36010
1973#4,87111
1972#6,5587
1971#8,3245
1970#5,8188
1969#5,9747
1968#5,1478
1967#6,8045
1966—
1965#5,2897
1964—
1963#3,33615
1962#4,01111
1961#5,3097
1960—
1959#5,5666
1958#4,8907
1957#3,93010
1956#4,1619
1955#5,8285
1954#4,2788
1953#3,68710
1952#3,7969
1951#3,48210
1950—
1949#4,2357
1948#3,35010
1947#3,44810
1946#3,9947
1945#3,3888
1944#3,1399
1943#3,2499
1942#2,81711
1941#1,75021
1940#2,73710
1939#2,59211
1938#1,70321
1937#2,31713
1936#2,38612
1935#2,57511
1934#2,18714
1933#2,40412
1932#2,83110
1931#2,10515
1930#1,49927
1929#1,76621
1928#1,73823
1927#1,82822
1926#1,66725
1925#1,34735
1924#1,61228
1923#1,67225
1922#1,50830
1921#1,20541
1920#1,34934
1919#1,39331
1918#1,80521
1917#1,21935
1916#1,14738
1915#1,33928
1914#1,09830
1913#98130
1912#1,54013
1911#1,17115
1910#1,26713
1909#1,15213
1908#1,20312
1907#1,14212
1906#1,3219
1905#1,09312
1904#1,4867
1903#93114
1902#1,13310
1901#72320
1900#1,17111
1899#79117
1898#88615
1897#93112
1896#1,4166
1895#74618
1894#74416
1893#86512
1892#90811
1891#83911
1890#1,0997
1889#1,0257
1888—
1887#1,1475
1886#8288
1885#1,0475
1884#8517
1883—
1882—
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five girls were named Lilah! It came in at #851, and was given to 7 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1887–1888, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lilah
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • Held #179 since 2024
  • 61 spots since 2020 (#240 → #179)
  • 135 spots since 2015 (#314 → #179)
  • Biggest jump: 559 spots in 1913 (#1,540 → #981)
  • Biggest drop: 670 spots in 1896 (#746 → #1,416)
Rise & fade · girls
141 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 2025 at #179 (1,736 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 2006–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 926
  • Highest: 1 in 926 girls born in 2025 were named Lilah (0.11%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 43.6% of all girls named Lilah (10,752) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s32#828 (1886)#980
1890s125#744 (1894)#923
1900s120#723 (1901)#1,136
1910s254#981 (1913)#1,296
1920s284#1,205 (1921)#1,569
1930s146#1,499 (1930)#2,260
1940s102#1,750 (1941)#3,211
1950s74#3,482 (1951)#4,402
1960s60#3,336 (1963)#5,124
1970s121#3,098 (1978)#5,280
1980s148#4,282 (1985)#5,134
1990s271#2,182 (1999)#4,878
2000s3,374#366 (2009)#1,085
2010s10,752#272 (2017)#303
2020s8,801#179 (2025)#210

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.

Lilah in 2016

girls
#299
1,093 births · 1 in 1,621 girls

Top girls' names in 2016

  1. #1Emma19,550
  2. #2Olivia19,414
  3. #3Ava16,354
  4. #4Sophia16,185
  5. #5Isabella14,863
  6. #6Mia14,464
  7. #7Charlotte13,118
  8. #8Abigail11,796
  9. #9Emily11,006
  10. #10Amelia10,809
  11. #299Lilah1,093
More about 2016

girls

1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 1,621 of them was named Lilah, which outranked 98.4% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lilah
  1. #296Remi1,102
  2. #297Charlee1,101
  3. #298Blake1,098
  4. #299Lilah1,093
  5. #300Kali1,086
  6. #301Amara1,085
  7. #302Kylee1,082
Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,389Kehlani#3,254 → #865
  2. ↑ 612Royalty#1,146 → #534
  3. ↑ 481Saoirse#1,448 → #967
  4. ↑ 396Ophelia#978 → #582
  5. ↑ 364Aitana#915 → #551
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Caitlin#610 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 451Caitlyn#598 → #1,049
  3. ↓ 397Katelynn#652 → #1,049
  4. ↓ 382Kaitlynn#989 → #1,371
  5. ↓ 340Neriah#946 → #1,286

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2016 →