Lilah Girl
How popular is Lilah?
#179 girl name in 2025
1,736 baby girls were named Lilah in the US in 2025, making it the 179th most popular girl name.
Lilah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #179 for girls |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,736 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+68% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #314 in 2015, #240 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,736 girls) |
| Highest rank | #179 in 2024 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1884 |
| 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 |
Lilah 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 Lilah is most popular
Babies named Lilah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maine: 3.4 per 1,000 (52 girls)
- Alaska: 2.6 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- New Hampshire: 2.3 per 1,000 (43 girls)
- West Virginia: 2.2 per 1,000 (58 girls)
- North Dakota: 2.2 per 1,000 (29 girls)
Lilah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 32 | #828 |
| 1890s | 125 | #744 |
| 1900s | 120 | #723 |
| 1910s | 254 | #981 |
| 1920s | 284 | #1,205 |
| 1930s | 146 | #1,498 |
| 1940s | 102 | #1,750 |
| 1950s | 74 | #3,481 |
| 1960s | 60 | #3,335 |
| 1970s | 121 | #3,098 |
| 1980s | 148 | #4,280 |
| 1990s | 271 | #2,179 |
| 2000s | 3,374 | #366 |
| 2010s | 10,752 | #272 |
| 2020s | 8,801 | #179 |
Girl names about as popular as Lilah
Questions
- Is Lilah a boy or girl name?
- Lilah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lilah were girls.
- How popular is the name Lilah?
- 1,736 baby girls were named Lilah in the US in 2025, making it the 179th most popular girl name.
- When was Lilah most popular?
- Lilah peaked in 2025, when 1,736 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #179, held for 2 years starting in 2024.
- How many people are named Lilah?
- 24,664 babies have been named Lilah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 23,569 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Lilah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lilah was most common in Maine, at 3.4 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.