Meaning not yet researched.
Lillian: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,966 in 2025. Its best rank was #10 in 1901.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #10 in 1901; #57 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Lillian in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#57 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1901, at #10.
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Lillian: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,966 girls in 2025. Peak: #10 in 1901 · most girls in one year: 10,049 (1920).
In 2025, 3,966 US girls were named Lillian, making it the 57th most common girls’ name of the year, down 3 places from #54 in 2024. That is 73 more than the 3,893 girls named Lillian in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #10, reached in 1901. The most girls given the name in a single year was 10,049, in 1920. For comparison, it was #26 in 2015 and #156 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lillian in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 672 babies with the name. In all, 476,457 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 83,492 babies named Lillian.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 48,163 US girls were named Lillian; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 6,386. In 2025 that was about 1 in 405 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lillian ranked highest in Maine in 2025, at #15 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 46 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Liliana (75,146 babies since 1880), Lilian (20,470 babies since 1880), Lilyan (4,339 babies since 1880) and Lillyann (2,487 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Lilianne, Liliane and Lyllian are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Lil, Lilly and Lolly.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Icelandic. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lilianne (890), Liliane (857), Lyllian (635), Liliann (604), Lylian (379), Lillion (350), Lillien (325), Lilliane (249), Lillieann (197), Lilyian (134), Lil (126), Lillan (104), and more.
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.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 1 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 32 | #15 | #11 |
| South Carolina | 95 | #19 | #24 |
| West Virginia | 39 | #21 | #10 |
| North Dakota | 21 | #24 | #26 |
| Vermont | 12 | #25 | #18 |
| Alabama | 88 | #27 | #28 |
| Missouri | 117 | #27 | #11 |
| Louisiana | 73 | #30 | #17 |
| Ohio | 202 | #30 | #12 |
| Wisconsin | 93 | #32 | #23 |
| Tennessee | 135 | #32 | #19 |
| North Carolina | 191 | #33 | #22 |
| Minnesota | 91 | #35 | #21 |
| Michigan | 146 | #36 | #17 |
| Mississippi | 40 | #36 | #30 |
| Alaska | 12 | #37 | #14 |
| Iowa | 54 | #38 | #14 |
| Indiana | 110 | #38 | #12 |
| Delaware | 14 | #40 | #16 |
| New Hampshire | 24 | #40 | #10 |
| Kentucky | 74 | #40 | #11 |
| Nebraska | 33 | #43 | #16 |
| Virginia | 127 | #43 | #19 |
| Pennsylvania | 172 | #45 | #19 |
| District of Columbia | 13 | #47 | #145 |
| Maryland | 67 | #50 | #25 |
| Illinois | 145 | #52 | #21 |
| Connecticut | 49 | #52 | #45 |
| Oklahoma | 51 | #53 | #19 |
| Massachusetts | 92 | #55 | #27 |
| Oregon | 47 | #56 | #34 |
| Montana | 14 | #57 | #18 |
| Colorado | 80 | #57 | #25 |
| Arkansas | 40 | #58 | #25 |
| Kansas | 41 | #63 | #31 |
| Georgia | 119 | #63 | #25 |
| Nevada | 30 | #67 | #102 |
| Washington | 81 | #70 | #22 |
| New Jersey | 92 | #77 | #86 |
| South Dakota | 12 | #79 | #50 |
| Arizona | 70 | #80 | #45 |
| Florida | 190 | #83 | #42 |
| Rhode Island | 10 | #83 | #61 |
| Texas | 309 | #85 | #51 |
| Idaho | 21 | #96 | #24 |
| New York | 148 | #97 | #65 |
| Hawaii | 8 | #110 | #31 |
| New Mexico | 11 | #139 | #77 |
| Utah | 31 | #147 | #45 |
| California | 200 | #152 | #98 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,966 | #57 | — | — |
| 2024 | 3,893 | #54 | — | — |
| 2023 | 3,940 | #55 | — | — |
| 2022 | 4,260 | #50 | — | — |
| 2021 | 4,328 | #51 | — | — |
| 2020 | 4,515 | #46 | 5 | #13,292 |
| 2019 | 5,127 | #37 | — | — |
| 2018 | 5,567 | #34 | — | — |
| 2017 | 6,181 | #27 | 7 | #10,354 |
| 2016 | 6,386 | #28 | 10 | #7,928 |
| 2015 | 6,628 | #26 | 5 | #13,262 |
| 2014 | 6,924 | #25 | — | — |
| 2013 | 7,085 | #26 | 5 | #13,286 |
| 2012 | 7,171 | #25 | 5 | #13,441 |
| 2011 | 6,934 | #22 | 9 | #8,508 |
| 2010 | 6,957 | #22 | — | — |
| 2009 | 6,861 | #27 | 6 | #11,890 |
| 2008 | 6,817 | #29 | 9 | #8,731 |
| 2007 | 6,552 | #33 | 10 | #7,949 |
| 2006 | 6,236 | #38 | 10 | #7,785 |
| 2005 | 5,215 | #50 | 9 | #8,054 |
| 2004 | 4,734 | #65 | 24 | #3,816 |
| 2003 | 4,030 | #76 | — | — |
| 2002 | 3,397 | #96 | — | — |
| 2001 | 2,951 | #111 | — | — |
| 2000 | 2,600 | #129 | 5 | #11,478 |
| 1999 | 2,190 | #147 | 5 | #10,932 |
| 1998 | 1,718 | #174 | — | — |
| 1997 | 1,393 | #215 | — | — |
| 1996 | 1,127 | #251 | — | — |
| 1995 | 942 | #294 | — | — |
| 1994 | 882 | #308 | — | — |
| 1993 | 736 | #347 | — | — |
| 1992 | 749 | #348 | — | — |
| 1991 | 770 | #342 | — | — |
| 1990 | 722 | #366 | 8 | #6,184 |
| 1989 | 695 | #369 | — | — |
| 1988 | 646 | #373 | 6 | #6,923 |
| 1987 | 531 | #420 | — | — |
| 1986 | 554 | #404 | — | — |
| 1985 | 540 | #413 | 8 | #4,982 |
| 1984 | 468 | #444 | — | — |
| 1983 | 453 | #456 | — | — |
| 1982 | 475 | #449 | — | — |
| 1981 | 518 | #420 | — | — |
| 1980 | 510 | #425 | — | — |
| 1979 | 436 | #464 | 5 | #6,646 |
| 1978 | 399 | #487 | — | — |
| 1977 | 470 | #435 | — | — |
| 1976 | 479 | #422 | — | — |
| 1975 | 454 | #437 | — | — |
| 1974 | 483 | #413 | — | — |
| 1973 | 564 | #373 | — | — |
| 1972 | 620 | #355 | — | — |
| 1971 | 677 | #361 | 5 | #5,357 |
| 1970 | 782 | #335 | 5 | #5,155 |
| 1969 | 773 | #324 | 6 | #4,215 |
| 1968 | 813 | #308 | — | — |
| 1967 | 843 | #298 | 5 | #4,318 |
| 1966 | 881 | #285 | 8 | #3,144 |
| 1965 | 1,016 | #272 | 9 | #2,905 |
| 1964 | 1,065 | #275 | — | — |
| 1963 | 1,163 | #259 | 6 | #3,863 |
| 1962 | 1,308 | #244 | 6 | #3,863 |
| 1961 | 1,311 | #240 | 7 | #3,542 |
| 1960 | 1,433 | #223 | 10 | #2,790 |
| 1959 | 1,468 | #218 | — | — |
| 1958 | 1,421 | #218 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1957 | 1,604 | #209 | 9 | #2,930 |
| 1956 | 1,631 | #201 | 5 | #4,245 |
| 1955 | 1,658 | #195 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1954 | 1,627 | #194 | 7 | #3,320 |
| 1953 | 1,657 | #186 | 6 | #3,640 |
| 1952 | 1,733 | #178 | — | — |
| 1951 | 1,826 | #167 | 9 | #2,785 |
| 1950 | 1,884 | #156 | — | — |
| 1949 | 1,945 | #153 | 6 | #3,547 |
| 1948 | 2,115 | #136 | 5 | #3,976 |
| 1947 | 2,090 | #143 | — | — |
| 1946 | 2,160 | #129 | — | — |
| 1945 | 2,017 | #124 | 9 | #2,507 |
| 1944 | 2,120 | #126 | 10 | #2,403 |
| 1943 | 2,392 | #116 | 13 | #2,129 |
| 1942 | 2,489 | #111 | 16 | #1,838 |
| 1941 | 2,462 | #104 | 18 | #1,668 |
| 1940 | 2,525 | #97 | 13 | #2,045 |
| 1939 | 2,551 | #99 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 1938 | 2,825 | #88 | 14 | #1,944 |
| 1937 | 2,899 | #84 | 18 | #1,666 |
| 1936 | 3,117 | #79 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 1935 | 3,423 | #66 | 16 | #1,800 |
| 1934 | 3,973 | #52 | 24 | #1,413 |
| 1933 | 3,998 | #51 | 23 | #1,436 |
| 1932 | 4,351 | #48 | 30 | #1,247 |
| 1931 | 4,807 | #47 | 37 | #1,120 |
| 1930 | 5,447 | #44 | 30 | #1,317 |
| 1929 | 5,712 | #40 | 43 | #1,050 |
| 1928 | 6,577 | #35 | 46 | #1,025 |
| 1927 | 7,182 | #32 | 45 | #1,050 |
| 1926 | 7,661 | #28 | 27 | #1,422 |
| 1925 | 8,351 | #25 | 24 | #1,560 |
| 1924 | 9,100 | #23 | 35 | #1,236 |
| 1923 | 9,328 | #20 | 34 | #1,248 |
| 1922 | 9,430 | #19 | 29 | #1,384 |
| 1921 | 9,770 | #19 | 23 | #1,621 |
| 1920 | 10,049 | #18 | 26 | #1,484 |
| 1919 | 9,516 | #17 | 26 | #1,434 |
| 1918 | 9,986 | #15 | 23 | #1,573 |
| 1917 | 9,843 | #15 | 33 | #1,191 |
| 1916 | 9,592 | #16 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 1915 | 9,546 | #15 | 24 | #1,394 |
| 1914 | 7,354 | #16 | 33 | #979 |
| 1913 | 6,015 | #16 | 21 | #1,133 |
| 1912 | 5,568 | #14 | 30 | #809 |
| 1911 | 4,367 | #13 | 13 | #959 |
| 1910 | 4,127 | #14 | 15 | #806 |
| 1909 | 3,596 | #14 | 15 | #740 |
| 1908 | 3,634 | #13 | 9 | #992 |
| 1907 | 3,542 | #13 | 15 | #687 |
| 1906 | 3,293 | #13 | 14 | #665 |
| 1905 | 3,185 | #13 | 11 | #776 |
| 1904 | 3,139 | #12 | 10 | #789 |
| 1903 | 2,972 | #13 | 12 | #682 |
| 1902 | 3,063 | #11 | 13 | #632 |
| 1901 | 2,681 | #10 | 17 | #482 |
| 1900 | 3,414 | #10 | 11 | #824 |
| 1899 | 2,703 | #10 | 8 | #831 |
| 1898 | 3,061 | #10 | 15 | #558 |
| 1897 | 2,683 | #11 | 13 | #599 |
| 1896 | 2,702 | #11 | 11 | #706 |
| 1895 | 2,495 | #16 | 12 | #628 |
| 1894 | 2,441 | #16 | 7 | #914 |
| 1893 | 2,193 | #20 | 9 | #739 |
| 1892 | 2,154 | #20 | 10 | #723 |
| 1891 | 1,812 | #20 | 9 | #678 |
| 1890 | 1,862 | #19 | 10 | #648 |
| 1889 | 1,640 | #23 | 7 | #852 |
| 1888 | 1,656 | #23 | 7 | #878 |
| 1887 | 1,308 | #26 | 6 | #884 |
| 1886 | 1,282 | #24 | — | — |
| 1885 | 1,143 | #27 | — | — |
| 1884 | 1,109 | #26 | 6 | #923 |
| 1883 | 907 | #26 | 6 | #850 |
| 1882 | 830 | #32 | 6 | #904 |
| 1881 | 723 | #32 | — | — |
| 1880 | 672 | #32 | — | — |
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).