Lila Girl
How popular is Lila?
#186 girl name in 2025
1,670 baby girls were named Lila in the US in 2025, making it the 186th most popular girl name.
Lila popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #186 for girls (▲ 20 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,670 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+1% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #199 in 2015, #228 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2010 (1,969 girls) |
| Highest rank | #155 in 2010 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lila counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lyla family of names ranked #23 for girls in 2025 (#30 the year before), with 7,081 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lyla | 3,089 | 44% |
| Lila | 1,670 | 24% |
| Lilah | 1,736 | 25% |
| Lylah | 503 | 7% |
| Lilla | 26 | 0% |
| Lylla | 48 | 1% |
| Lillah | 9 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lila is most popular
Babies named Lila per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 3.8 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- Maine: 3.0 per 1,000 (46 girls)
- Rhode Island: 3.0 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Montana: 2.6 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- Wyoming: 2.3 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Lila by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 691 | #205 |
| 1890s | 1,673 | #195 |
| 1900s | 2,337 | #185 |
| 1910s | 5,567 | #209 |
| 1920s | 10,304 | #174 |
| 1930s | 7,840 | #170 |
| 1940s | 4,408 | #270 |
| 1950s | 3,569 | #417 |
| 1960s | 1,905 | #578 |
| 1970s | 1,234 | #876 |
| 1980s | 1,255 | #982 |
| 1990s | 1,560 | #722 |
| 2000s | 9,036 | #167 |
| 2010s | 16,568 | #155 |
| 2020s | 8,546 | #186 |
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Questions
- Is Lila a boy or girl name?
- Lila is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lila were girls.
- How popular is the name Lila?
- 1,670 baby girls were named Lila in the US in 2025, making it the 186th most popular girl name.
- When was Lila most popular?
- Lila peaked in 2010, when 1,969 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #155 in 2010.
- How many people are named Lila?
- 76,550 babies have been named Lila in the US since 1880. We estimate about 47,650 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Lila most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lila was most common in District of Columbia, at 3.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.