Lilyan
Lilyan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 37 births. Its best rank was 595th, in 1915.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 370.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2007194 births
- Best rank
- #595in 1915
- Since 1895
- 4,304people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,304 girls have been named Lilyan in the United States since 1895, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 194 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 29%. It has spent 17 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lilyan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 29 | |
| 1900s | 164 | |
| 1910s | 849 | |
| 1920s | 321 | |
| 1930s | 162 | |
| 1940s | 59 | |
| 1950s | 33 | |
| 1960s | 11 | |
| 1970s | 10 | |
| 1980s | 22 | |
| 1990s | 122 | |
| 2000s | 1,232 | |
| 2010s | 1,055 | |
| 2020s | 235 |
In 2007, its biggest year
Lilyan was outside the top 1,000 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 Lilyan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ailipeak 2009
- Luciennepeak 2011
- Isobelpeak 2016
- Sophiepeak 2011
- Adellepeak 2011
- Dagnypeak 2013
- Maryanpeak 2013
- Annabellpeak 2014
Other spellings in the data
- Lillian472,453 ever
- Lilian19,925 ever
- Lilyann3,285 ever
- Lillyann2,440 ever
- Lillyan2,412 ever
- Lilliann1,219 ever
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.