Lilyan

#4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births

Peak · girls
1915 · 120 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,339
since 1895

Lilyan over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lilyan has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #593, 1915girls
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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#4,06735
2024#3,96337
2023#3,83339
2022#3,17151
2021#3,61442
2020#2,58066
2019#3,22249
2018#3,20150
2017#2,48772
2016#2,32181
2015#2,15288
2014#1,922104
2013#1,539142
2012#1,510147
2011#1,372167
2010#1,456155
2009#1,307185
2008#1,286193
2007#1,269194
2006#1,495147
2005#1,599127
2004#1,593123
2003#1,832101
2002#2,26372
2001#2,66356
2000#3,73834
1999#4,08828
1998#5,36319
1997#7,28312
1996#4,18425
1995#7,51411
1994#13,4305
1993#13,4425
1992#11,7386
1991#11,5096
1990#12,9585
1989#12,3625
1988#11,7985
1987#8,7787
1986#10,9125
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977#9,6525
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971#8,3245
1970
1969
1968
1967#6,0426
1966
1965#6,5395
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959#5,5666
1958#4,8907
1957
1956#4,4678
1955
1954
1953
1952#4,9086
1951
1950#4,7386
1949#3,8928
1948
1947#4,3457
1946
1945
1944#3,1399
1943#2,69512
1942#4,6225
1941#2,53212
1940#3,8636
1939#2,73610
1938#3,1818
1937#1,99916
1936#2,26313
1935#2,43912
1934#1,55623
1933#1,83518
1932#1,52025
1931#1,39428
1930#3,0559
1929#2,01117
1928#2,76811
1927#3,5618
1926#1,51429
1925#1,74824
1924#1,56629
1923#1,38833
1922#1,20741
1921#96958
1920#85771
1919#80077
1918#640124
1917#621121
1916#606123
1915#593120
1914#62984
1913#65163
1912#63960
1911#65943
1910#72334
1909#79126
1908#97017
1907#71028
1906#74224
1905#1,16211
1904#1,2519
1903#1,02712
1902#1,07511
1901#1,1369
1900#91717
1899
1898#1,09810
1897#1,1678
1896#1,5835
1895#1,4266
1894
1893
1892
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1880
First appearance
1895

The first year at least five girls were named Lilyan! It came in at #1,426, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lilyan
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 104 spots since 2024 (#3,963#4,067)
  • 1,487 spots since 2020 (#2,580#4,067)
  • 1,915 spots since 2015 (#2,152#4,067)
  • Biggest jump: 420 spots in 1906 (#1,162#742)
  • Biggest drop: 260 spots in 1908 (#710#970)
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1895
  • Peaked 1915 at #593 (120 births)
  • Births halved by 1921, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1906–1921
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,199
  • Highest: 1 in 8,199 girls born in 1915 were named Lilyan (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 45,922 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 28.4% of all girls named Lilyan (1,232) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s29#1,098 (1898)#1,319
1900s164#710 (1907)#978
1910s849#593 (1915)#656
1920s321#857 (1920)#1,759
1930s162#1,394 (1931)#2,198
1940s59#2,532 (1941)#3,584
1950s33#4,467 (1956)#4,914
1960s11#6,042 (1967)#6,291
1970s10#8,324 (1971)#8,988
1980s22#8,778 (1987)#10,963
1990s122#4,088 (1999)#9,151
2000s1,232#1,269 (2007)#1,905
2010s1,055#1,372 (2011)#2,118
2020s270#2,580 (2020)#3,538

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.

Lilyan in 1915

girls
#593
120 births · 1 in 8,199 girls

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #593Lilyan120
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 8,199 of them was named Lilyan, which outranked 88.1% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lilyan
  1. #589Consuelo122
  2. #589Roma122
  3. #592Ruthie121
  4. #593Lilyan120
  5. #593Florene120
  6. #593Idell120
  7. #593Magnolia120
  8. #599Ardis119
  9. #599Chloe119
  10. #599Emilia119

Tied with 5 names at #593; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

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

See the top 100 for 1915