Lilah
#179 for girls in 2025, 1,736 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 1,736 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 24,664since 1884
Lilah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lilah has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #179 | 1,736 |
| 2024 | #179 | 1,690 |
| 2023 | #198 | 1,503 |
| 2022 | #219 | 1,364 |
| 2021 | #244 | 1,250 |
| 2020 | #240 | 1,258 |
| 2019 | #287 | 1,153 |
| 2018 | #287 | 1,155 |
| 2017 | #272 | 1,177 |
| 2016 | #299 | 1,093 |
| 2015 | #314 | 1,032 |
| 2014 | #316 | 1,051 |
| 2013 | #304 | 1,049 |
| 2012 | #310 | 1,032 |
| 2011 | #306 | 1,046 |
| 2010 | #336 | 964 |
| 2009 | #366 | 885 |
| 2008 | #416 | 774 |
| 2007 | #571 | 525 |
| 2006 | #864 | 308 |
| 2005 | #1,067 | 223 |
| 2004 | #1,278 | 167 |
| 2003 | #1,284 | 162 |
| 2002 | #1,432 | 133 |
| 2001 | #1,700 | 106 |
| 2000 | #1,869 | 91 |
| 1999 | #2,182 | 69 |
| 1998 | #2,798 | 47 |
| 1997 | #3,716 | 30 |
| 1996 | #3,149 | 37 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,336 | 15 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,105 | 15 |
| 1930 | #1,499 | 27 |
| 1929 | #1,766 | 21 |
| 1928 | #1,738 | 23 |
| 1927 | #1,828 | 22 |
| 1926 | #1,667 | 25 |
| 1925 | #1,347 | 35 |
| 1924 | #1,612 | 28 |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 |
| 1922 | #1,508 | 30 |
| 1921 | #1,205 | 41 |
| 1920 | #1,349 | 34 |
| 1919 | #1,393 | 31 |
| 1918 | #1,805 | 21 |
| 1917 | #1,219 | 35 |
| 1916 | #1,147 | 38 |
| 1915 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1914 | #1,098 | 30 |
| 1913 | #981 | 30 |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
| 1903 | #931 | 14 |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 |
| 1901 | #723 | 20 |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 |
| 1899 | #791 | 17 |
| 1898 | #886 | 15 |
| 1897 | #931 | 12 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
| 1895 | #746 | 18 |
| 1894 | #744 | 16 |
| 1893 | #865 | 12 |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 |
| 1891 | #839 | 11 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 |
| 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.
Where Lilah is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Maine#114 · 1 in 352
- Alaska#132 · 1 in 360
- North Dakota#140 · 1 in 407
- Kentucky#167 · 1 in 655
- Idaho#174 · 1 in 584
Best ever in a state: #43 in Maine, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #114 | 9 | 1 in 352 |
| Alaska | #132 | 5 | 1 in 360 |
| North Dakota | #140 | 7 | 1 in 407 |
| Kentucky | #167 | 26 | 1 in 655 |
| Idaho | #174 | 11 | 1 in 584 |
| Illinois | #174 | 59 | 1 in 820 |
| Hawaii | #179 | 5 | 1 in 482 |
| Tennessee | #180 | 38 | 1 in 822 |
| Michigan | #183 | 48 | 1 in 799 |
| Wisconsin | #183 | 29 | 1 in 741 |
| New Hampshire | #184 | 6 | 1 in 618 |
| Rhode Island | #190 | 5 | 1 in 543 |
| Nebraska | #193 | 11 | 1 in 660 |
| New Mexico | #194 | 8 | 1 in 625 |
| Colorado | #201 | 27 | 1 in 820 |
| Washington | #201 | 35 | 1 in 843 |
| Ohio | #205 | 54 | 1 in 900 |
| Indiana | #222 | 32 | 1 in 887 |
| Pennsylvania | #223 | 51 | 1 in 957 |
| Missouri | #227 | 27 | 1 in 916 |
| Arizona | #228 | 29 | 1 in 956 |
| North Carolina | #232 | 45 | 1 in 1,002 |
| Arkansas | #240 | 13 | 1 in 837 |
| Florida | #244 | 73 | 1 in 1,145 |
| Massachusetts | #247 | 24 | 1 in 1,036 |
| Oregon | #251 | 14 | 1 in 981 |
| Iowa | #254 | 13 | 1 in 899 |
| Minnesota | #255 | 22 | 1 in 1,013 |
| New Jersey | #258 | 32 | 1 in 1,138 |
| California | #262 | 132 | 1 in 1,322 |
| Connecticut | #269 | 12 | 1 in 1,002 |
| West Virginia | #275 | 6 | 1 in 912 |
| Virginia | #282 | 28 | 1 in 1,235 |
| Kansas | #289 | 11 | 1 in 1,053 |
| Texas | #290 | 113 | 1 in 1,376 |
| Utah | #303 | 14 | 1 in 1,209 |
| Louisiana | #304 | 17 | 1 in 1,095 |
| Mississippi | #304 | 10 | 1 in 981 |
| Alabama | #316 | 16 | 1 in 1,192 |
| Oklahoma | #326 | 12 | 1 in 1,239 |
| New York | #328 | 54 | 1 in 1,505 |
| South Carolina | #368 | 13 | 1 in 1,363 |
| Georgia | #420 | 26 | 1 in 1,742 |
| Maryland | #429 | 13 | 1 in 1,702 |
| Nevada | #512 | 5 | 1 in 1,950 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 32 | #828 (1886) | #980 |
| 1890s | 125 | #744 (1894) | #923 |
| 1900s | 120 | #723 (1901) | #1,136 |
| 1910s | 254 | #981 (1913) | #1,296 |
| 1920s | 284 | #1,205 (1921) | #1,569 |
| 1930s | 146 | #1,499 (1930) | #2,260 |
| 1940s | 102 | #1,750 (1941) | #3,211 |
| 1950s | 74 | #3,482 (1951) | #4,402 |
| 1960s | 60 | #3,336 (1963) | #5,124 |
| 1970s | 121 | #3,098 (1978) | #5,280 |
| 1980s | 148 | #4,282 (1985) | #5,134 |
| 1990s | 271 | #2,182 (1999) | #4,878 |
| 2000s | 3,374 | #366 (2009) | #1,085 |
| 2010s | 10,752 | #272 (2017) | #303 |
| 2020s | 8,801 | #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 2021
girls
#244
1,250 births · 1 in 1,313 girls
Top girls' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 1,313 of them was named Lilah, which outranked 98.6% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Lilah
Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.