Lilac — #3597 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lilac

The Social Security Administration has registered 335 babies named Lilac between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lilac currently holds the #3597 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lilac performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 139 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lilac shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lilac in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lilac in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 335 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.