Lilian

#560 for girls in 2025, 537 births

Peak · girls
#360
1882 · 24 births
Debut · girls
1880
19 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
20,470
since 1880

Lilian over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lilian has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201906peak #360, 1882girls
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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#560537
2024#557544
2023#558543
2022#576519
2021#639464
2020#656439
2019#601502
2018#612494
2017#588508
2016#557560
2015#497641
2014#502622
2013#495605
2012#462676
2011#462645
2010#452682
2009#436728
2008#435730
2007#416786
2006#441724
2005#474650
2004#526541
2003#556497
2002#587440
2001#692359
2000#709328
1999#818265
1998#805264
1997#930213
1996#1,010186
1995#1,153151
1994#1,224143
1993#1,143155
1992#1,305129
1991#1,097164
1990#1,168147
1989#1,49197
1988#1,40999
1987#1,45989
1986#1,81662
1985#1,72766
1984#1,61668
1983#1,77060
1982#1,85058
1981#1,73465
1980#1,98153
1979#1,95253
1978#1,91551
1977#2,25740
1976#1,84050
1975#2,06042
1974#1,56361
1973#1,75550
1972#1,83246
1971#2,06440
1970#1,98642
1969#2,00339
1968#1,94038
1967#1,98035
1966#1,98234
1965#2,15430
1964#2,53024
1963#2,61922
1962#2,41425
1961#2,29927
1960#1,76441
1959#2,05430
1958#2,16727
1957#2,41622
1956#2,72518
1955#2,55319
1954#2,88915
1953#2,51618
1952#4,1238
1951#2,39118
1950#2,65215
1949#2,51416
1948#3,13711
1947#2,14621
1946#2,88012
1945#2,91610
1944#2,09617
1943#1,90021
1942#2,41614
1941#1,88219
1940#2,29713
1939#2,30013
1938#3,1818
1937#3,1468
1936#1,87317
1935#2,20614
1934#2,00316
1933#1,55223
1932#1,34630
1931#1,54924
1930#1,81520
1929#2,09816
1928#1,36632
1927#1,45631
1926#1,07948
1925#1,27238
1924#1,22742
1923#1,06551
1922#96260
1921#1,01754
1920#80781
1919#85067
1918#702105
1917#78877
1916#73285
1915#76175
1914#79853
1913#70155
1912#68953
1911#74134
1910#73733
1909#73130
1908#67832
1907#70229
1906#68928
1905#66428
1904#65328
1903#53936
1902#81818
1901#65923
1900#63930
1899#72819
1898#55533
1897#59426
1896#47837
1895#43742
1894#62822
1893#52028
1892#56524
1891#48328
1890#57021
1889#43031
1888#53322
1887#56016
1886#43924
1885#44622
1884#42522
1883#46517
1882#36024
1881#41816
1880#37519
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lilian was already there! It came in at #375, and was given to 19 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1937–1938, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.

Where Lilian is popular in 1906

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lilian
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#557 → #560)
  • 96 spots since 2020 (#656 → #560)
  • 63 spots since 2015 (#497 → #560)
  • Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1903 (#818 → #539)
  • Biggest drop: 210 spots in 1921 (#807 → #1,017)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #360 (24 births)
  • Births halved by 1937, 55 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 71 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 71 yrs · run 1880–1920
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,446
  • Highest: 1 in 2,446 girls born in 2007 were named Lilian (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,993 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #360 in 1882, was only 1 in 4,494 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 29.0% of all girls named Lilian (5,935) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s213#360 (1882)#445
1890s280#437 (1895)#556
1900s282#539 (1903)#677
1910s637#689 (1912)#750
1920s453#807 (1920)#1,235
1930s173#1,346 (1932)#2,097
1940s154#1,882 (1941)#2,418
1950s190#2,054 (1959)#2,649
1960s315#1,764 (1960)#2,169
1970s475#1,563 (1974)#1,922
1980s717#1,409 (1988)#1,685
1990s1,817#805 (1998)#1,065
2000s5,783#416 (2007)#527
2010s5,935#452 (2010)#523
2020s3,046#557 (2024)#591

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.

Lilian in 1906

girls
#689
28 births · 1 in 10,546 girls

Top girls' names in 1906

  1. #1Mary16,370
  2. #2Helen7,176
  3. #3Margaret6,096
  4. #4Anna5,502
  5. #5Ruth5,140
  6. #6Dorothy4,326
  7. #7Elizabeth4,320
  8. #8Alice4,192
  9. #9Mildred3,873
  10. #10Florence3,691
  11. #689Lilian28
More about 1906

girls

295,297 girls got a published name in 1906; 1 in 10,546 of them was named Lilian, which outranked 69.0% of the 2,220 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lilian
  1. #678Margarette29
  2. #678Tennie29
  3. #678Vergie29
  4. #689Lilian28
  5. #689Adrienne28
  6. #689Cathrine28
  7. #689Charlie28
  8. #707Bethel27
  9. #707Earline27
  10. #707Edyth27

Tied with 17 names at #689; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,036Lavera#1,931 → #895
  2. ↑ 1,014Luberta#1,931 → #917
  3. ↑ 1,014Williemae#1,931 → #917
  4. ↑ 851Evelyne#1,696 → #845
  5. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,696 → #845
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,126Dulcie#825 → #1,951
  2. ↓ 1,051Zelpha#900 → #1,951
  3. ↓ 930Sydney#797 → #1,727
  4. ↓ 855Lester#872 → #1,727
  5. ↓ 801Alvira#926 → #1,727

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

See the top 100 for 1906 →