Lilla Girl
How popular is Lilla?
#4,986 girl name in 2025
26 baby girls were named Lilla in the US in 2025, making it the 4986th most popular girl name.
Lilla popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,986 for girls (▼ 693 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 26 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-35% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,766 in 2015, #6,079 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (85 girls) |
| Highest rank | #261 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lilla 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 Lilla is most popular
Babies named Lilla per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Lilla by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 408 | #261 |
| 1890s | 465 | #358 |
| 1900s | 431 | #440 |
| 1910s | 587 | #679 |
| 1920s | 657 | #808 |
| 1930s | 389 | #1,019 |
| 1940s | 289 | #1,271 |
| 1950s | 158 | #1,967 |
| 1960s | 108 | #3,457 |
| 1970s | 64 | #4,760 |
| 1980s | 26 | #5,543 |
| 1990s | 55 | #7,527 |
| 2000s | 277 | #3,652 |
| 2010s | 373 | #3,212 |
| 2020s | 153 | #4,293 |
Girl names about as popular as Lilla
Questions
- Is Lilla a boy or girl name?
- Lilla is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lilla were girls.
- How popular is the name Lilla?
- 26 baby girls were named Lilla in the US in 2025, making it the 4986th most popular girl name.
- When was Lilla most popular?
- Lilla peaked in 1918, when 85 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #261 in 1880.
- How many people are named Lilla?
- 4,440 babies have been named Lilla in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,471 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 22.
- Where is Lilla most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lilla was most common in New York, at 0.0 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.