Lilla

#4,987 for girls in 2025, 26 births

Peak · girls
#261
1880 · 35 births
Debut · girls
1880
35 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,440
since 1880

Lilla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lilla has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201888peak #261, 1880girls
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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#4,98726
2024#4,29433
2023#4,87327
2022#5,02826
2021#5,57322
2020#6,08319
2019#4,00636
2018#4,88927
2017#4,30433
2016#5,13026
2015#3,76740
2014#3,92538
2013#3,51344
2012#3,21351
2011#3,72341
2010#4,02337
2009#3,80041
2008#4,08938
2007#3,65344
2006#4,07336
2005#4,37331
2004#5,06225
2003#6,29918
2002#5,67320
2001#7,72413
2000#8,53411
1999#11,3857
1998#7,53212
1997#10,8367
1996—
1995#13,3865
1994—
1993#13,4425
1992#11,7386
1991#11,5096
1990#10,1937
1989#8,7618
1988#10,3866
1987—
1986—
1985—
1984—
1983—
1982—
1981—
1980#5,54412
1979#7,3138
1978#8,5626
1977—
1976#7,2967
1975#5,51610
1974—
1973#6,6667
1972#8,2925
1971#5,13610
1970#4,76111
1969#4,41811
1968#6,2466
1967#4,05311
1966#4,19810
1965#4,20210
1964#3,69213
1963#3,45814
1962#3,59213
1961#3,79312
1960#4,7738
1959#4,3009
1958#3,54312
1957#3,69611
1956#3,91010
1955#2,83916
1954#3,32512
1953#2,17323
1952#2,07424
1951#1,96825
1950#2,53516
1949#2,06922
1948#1,90125
1947#1,54537
1946#1,97022
1945#1,29238
1944#1,80822
1943#1,49231
1942#1,53329
1941#1,27136
1940#1,47727
1939#1,22136
1938#1,14040
1937#1,38928
1936#1,13539
1935#1,21934
1934#1,01946
1933#1,08541
1932#1,13040
1931#1,12740
1930#1,10145
1929#1,15941
1928#1,04152
1927#1,02356
1926#87372
1925#1,03753
1924#86475
1923#84575
1922#80881
1921#84876
1920#82576
1919#85866
1918#77785
1917#83467
1916#78974
1915#85658
1914#72662
1913#72152
1912#72947
1911#71437
1910#67939
1909#77327
1908#59340
1907#54544
1906#54941
1905#45854
1904#55936
1903#50440
1902#44549
1901#45243
1900#44057
1899#44942
1898#49139
1897#43246
1896#38355
1895#41147
1894#39949
1893#40843
1892#35855
1891#37744
1890#37345
1889#38140
1888#32056
1887#42427
1886#28552
1885#30643
1884#32636
1883#27343
1882#26244
1881#27932
1880#26135
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lilla was already there! It came in at #261, and was given to 35 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1974, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lilla
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 693 spots since 2024 (#4,294 → #4,987)
  • 1,096 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #4,987)
  • 1,220 spots since 2015 (#3,767 → #4,987)
  • Biggest jump: 164 spots in 1926 (#1,037 → #873)
  • Biggest drop: 180 spots in 1909 (#593 → #773)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #261 (35 births)
  • Births halved by 1950, 70 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 46 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1880–1924
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,451
  • Highest: 1 in 2,451 girls born in 1882 were named Lilla (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 61,818 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #261 in 1880, was only 1 in 2,600 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 14.8% of all girls named Lilla (657) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s408#261 (1880)#312
1890s465#358 (1892)#408
1900s431#440 (1900)#532
1910s587#679 (1910)#768
1920s657#808 (1922)#932
1930s389#1,019 (1934)#1,157
1940s289#1,271 (1941)#1,636
1950s158#1,968 (1951)#3,036
1960s108#3,458 (1963)#4,243
1970s64#4,761 (1970)#6,693
1980s26#5,544 (1980)#8,230
1990s55#7,532 (1998)#11,253
2000s277#3,653 (2007)#5,328
2010s373#3,213 (2012)#4,049
2020s153#4,294 (2024)#5,140

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.

Lilla in 1888

girls
#320
56 births · 1 in 3,190 girls

Top girls' names in 1888

  1. #1Mary11,754
  2. #2Anna4,982
  3. #3Elizabeth3,224
  4. #4Emma3,087
  5. #5Margaret2,904
  6. #6Minnie2,654
  7. #7Bertha2,450
  8. #8Florence2,444
  9. #9Ethel2,374
  10. #10Bessie2,278
  11. #320Lilla56
More about 1888

girls

178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 3,190 of them was named Lilla, which outranked 78.3% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lilla
  1. #317Angeline57
  2. #317Johnnie57
  3. #317Pearle57
  4. #320Lilla56
  5. #320Faye56
  6. #320Leota56
  7. #320Lona56
  8. #325Doris55
  9. #325Georgie55
  10. #327Cordelia54

Tied with 4 names at #320; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1887
Risers
  1. ↑ 535Zilpha#1,147 → #612
  2. ↑ 511Eudora#1,147 → #636
  3. ↑ 478Lorraine#1,036 → #558
  4. ↑ 457Dillie#1,147 → #690
  5. ↑ 457Leanna#1,147 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136

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

See the top 100 for 1888 →