Lilian Girl
How popular is Lilian?
#560 girl name in 2025
537 baby girls were named Lilian in the US in 2025, making it the 560th most popular girl name.
Lilian popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #560 for girls (▼ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 537 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-16% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #497 in 2015, #656 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (786 girls) |
| Highest rank | #360 in 1882 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lilian counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lillian family of names ranked #53 for girls in 2025, with 4,925 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lillian | 3,966 | 81% |
| Lilian | 537 | 11% |
| Lilyann | 90 | 2% |
| Lillyann | 44 | 1% |
| Lilyanne | 42 | 1% |
| Lilyan | 35 | 1% |
| Lilliann | 39 | 1% |
| Lillianne | 33 | 1% |
| Lillyan | 13 | 0% |
| Lillyanne | 28 | 1% |
| Liliane | 29 | 1% |
| Lilianne | 23 | 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 Lilian is most popular
Babies named Lilian per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.5 per 1,000 (77 girls)
- Colorado: 0.5 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.5 per 1,000 (55 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.5 per 1,000 (60 girls)
- Maryland: 0.5 per 1,000 (52 girls)
Lilian by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 213 | #360 |
| 1890s | 280 | #437 |
| 1900s | 282 | #539 |
| 1910s | 637 | #689 |
| 1920s | 453 | #807 |
| 1930s | 173 | #1,346 |
| 1940s | 154 | #1,882 |
| 1950s | 190 | #2,053 |
| 1960s | 315 | #1,763 |
| 1970s | 475 | #1,563 |
| 1980s | 717 | #1,408 |
| 1990s | 1,817 | #805 |
| 2000s | 5,783 | #416 |
| 2010s | 5,935 | #452 |
| 2020s | 3,046 | #557 |
Girl names about as popular as Lilian
Questions
- Is Lilian a boy or girl name?
- Lilian is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lilian were girls.
- How popular is the name Lilian?
- 537 baby girls were named Lilian in the US in 2025, making it the 560th most popular girl name.
- When was Lilian most popular?
- Lilian peaked in 2007, when 786 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #360 in 1882.
- How many people are named Lilian?
- 20,470 babies have been named Lilian in the US since 1880. We estimate about 18,200 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Lilian most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lilian was most common in Arizona, at 0.5 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.