Meaning not yet researched.
Lilah: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,736 in 2025. Its best rank was #179 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. Every baby recorded as Lilah in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#179 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Lilah: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,736 girls in 2025. Peak: #179 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 1,736 (2025).
In 2025, 1,736 US girls were named Lilah, making it the 179th most common girls’ name of the year, the same rank as in 2024. That is 46 more than the 1,690 girls named Lilah in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #179, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,736. For comparison, it was #314 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lilah in 137 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1884 with 7 babies. In all, 24,664 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 10,752 babies named Lilah.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 13,379 US girls were named Lilah; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 1,736. In 2025 that was about 1 in 926 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lilah ranked highest in Vermont in 2025, at #61 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 3 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Lila (76,550 babies since 1880), Leila (55,447 babies since 1880), Lyla (49,299 babies since 1880) and Lela (43,073 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Lilah in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 5 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 7 | #61 | #115 |
| West Virginia | 17 | #89 | #213 |
| Oklahoma | 38 | #92 | #277 |
| Maine | 10 | #108 | #178 |
| Kentucky | 39 | #111 | #273 |
| Montana | 9 | #115 | #250 |
| Tennessee | 60 | #124 | #284 |
| North Dakota | 8 | #127 | — |
| Michigan | 65 | #128 | #258 |
| Alabama | 34 | #134 | #300 |
| Oregon | 25 | #134 | #270 |
| Arkansas | 22 | #135 | #426 |
| Missouri | 44 | #136 | #411 |
| Massachusetts | 40 | #139 | #153 |
| Nevada | 18 | #139 | #347 |
| Indiana | 48 | #141 | #230 |
| South Carolina | 32 | #141 | #493 |
| Ohio | 74 | #144 | #276 |
| Colorado | 40 | #144 | #350 |
| Connecticut | 20 | #154 | #302 |
| Alaska | 5 | #157 | #160 |
| Louisiana | 26 | #160 | #291 |
| North Carolina | 64 | #160 | #331 |
| Wisconsin | 33 | #162 | #187 |
| Arizona | 40 | #162 | #245 |
| Georgia | 61 | #164 | #315 |
| Iowa | 19 | #169 | — |
| Kansas | 19 | #179 | #319 |
| Illinois | 55 | #184 | #308 |
| Pennsylvania | 61 | #186 | #347 |
| Virginia | 44 | #190 | #490 |
| New York | 86 | #192 | #301 |
| Florida | 94 | #198 | #410 |
| New Mexico | 8 | #201 | — |
| California | 164 | #205 | #372 |
| South Dakota | 6 | #215 | — |
| Washington | 34 | #215 | #351 |
| New Hampshire | 6 | #224 | — |
| Minnesota | 25 | #225 | #301 |
| New Jersey | 34 | #244 | #412 |
| Utah | 18 | #254 | #331 |
| Nebraska | 9 | #258 | #270 |
| Mississippi | 11 | #260 | #541 |
| Texas | 130 | #264 | #447 |
| Idaho | 9 | #267 | #347 |
| Maryland | 14 | #391 | #369 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,736 | #179 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,690 | #179 | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,503 | #198 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,364 | #220 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,250 | #244 | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,258 | #240 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,153 | #288 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,155 | #287 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,177 | #272 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,093 | #299 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,032 | #314 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,051 | #316 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,049 | #305 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,032 | #311 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,046 | #306 | — | — |
| 2010 | 964 | #336 | — | — |
| 2009 | 885 | #366 | — | — |
| 2008 | 774 | #416 | — | — |
| 2007 | 525 | #572 | — | — |
| 2006 | 308 | #868 | — | — |
| 2005 | 223 | #1,071 | — | — |
| 2004 | 167 | #1,285 | — | — |
| 2003 | 162 | #1,288 | — | — |
| 2002 | 133 | #1,438 | — | — |
| 2001 | 106 | #1,709 | — | — |
| 2000 | 91 | #1,877 | — | — |
| 1999 | 69 | #2,192 | — | — |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,823 | — | — |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,768 | — | — |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,194 | — | — |
| 1995 | 15 | #6,132 | — | — |
| 1994 | 15 | #6,188 | — | — |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,349 | — | — |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,316 | — | — |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,729 | — | — |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,427 | — | — |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,780 | — | — |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,500 | — | — |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,589 | — | — |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,452 | — | — |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,369 | — | — |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,566 | — | — |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,387 | — | — |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,453 | — | — |
| 1981 | 14 | #5,121 | — | — |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,745 | — | — |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,609 | — | — |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,162 | — | — |
| 1977 | 13 | #5,096 | — | — |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,891 | — | — |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,740 | — | — |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,583 | — | — |
| 1973 | 11 | #5,052 | — | — |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,943 | — | — |
| 1971 | 5 | #9,019 | — | — |
| 1970 | 8 | #6,097 | — | — |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,325 | — | — |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,419 | — | — |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,367 | — | — |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,568 | — | — |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,409 | — | — |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,149 | — | — |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,614 | — | — |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,936 | — | — |
| 1958 | 7 | #5,186 | — | — |
| 1957 | 10 | #4,082 | — | — |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,329 | — | — |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,330 | — | — |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,485 | — | — |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,854 | — | — |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,988 | — | — |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,620 | — | — |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,476 | — | — |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,489 | — | — |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,588 | — | — |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,237 | — | — |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,546 | — | — |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,261 | — | — |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,376 | — | — |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,919 | — | — |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,778 | — | — |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,870 | — | — |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,681 | — | — |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,732 | — | — |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,388 | — | — |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,455 | — | — |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,659 | — | — |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,245 | — | — |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,483 | — | — |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,952 | — | — |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,160 | — | — |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,514 | — | — |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,795 | — | — |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,757 | — | — |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,852 | — | — |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,692 | — | — |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,360 | — | — |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,631 | — | — |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,706 | — | — |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,525 | — | — |
| 1921 | 41 | #1,214 | — | — |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,364 | — | — |
| 1919 | 31 | #1,410 | — | — |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,848 | — | — |
| 1917 | 35 | #1,229 | — | — |
| 1916 | 38 | #1,157 | — | — |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,355 | — | — |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,108 | — | — |
| 1913 | 30 | #992 | — | — |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,578 | — | — |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,210 | — | — |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,301 | — | — |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,183 | — | — |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,238 | — | — |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,180 | — | — |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,380 | — | — |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,133 | — | — |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,575 | — | — |
| 1903 | 14 | #956 | — | — |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,179 | — | — |
| 1901 | 20 | #736 | — | — |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,200 | — | — |
| 1899 | 17 | #806 | — | — |
| 1898 | 15 | #904 | — | — |
| 1897 | 12 | #958 | — | — |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,500 | — | — |
| 1895 | 18 | #758 | — | — |
| 1894 | 16 | #769 | — | — |
| 1893 | 12 | #882 | — | — |
| 1892 | 11 | #942 | — | — |
| 1891 | 11 | #869 | — | — |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,157 | — | — |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,083 | — | — |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,234 | — | — |
| 1886 | 8 | #867 | — | — |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,132 | — | — |
| 1884 | 7 | #894 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).