Lilian

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Lilian is ranked 558th among girls in 2024 (542 births). Its best rank was 367th, in 1882.

Rank in 2024: #558same as 2023
Births in 2024: 5420.03% of girls
Peak year: 2007786 births
Best rank: #367in 1882
Since 1880: 19,925people given the name

Babies named Lilian, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

19,925 girls have been named Lilian in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 786 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 504 → 558).

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2010s alone account for 30%. It has spent 70 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Lilian
1880s	213
1890s	280
1900s	282
1910s	637
1920s	453
1930s	173
1940s	154
1950s	190
1960s	315
1970s	474
1980s	717
1990s	1,816
2000s	5,783
2010s	5,931
2020s	2,507

In 2007, its biggest year

Lilian was the 417th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2007 were Emily, Isabella, Emma, Ava and Madison. See all of 2007.

Names that rose and fell with Lilian

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.