Lilas — #13502 US girls' name
361 babies named Lilas in U.S. Social Security records since 1908, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 24% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Lilas was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Lilas in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lilas
The Social Security Administration has registered 361 babies named Lilas between 1908 and 2024, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lilas currently holds the #13502 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lilas performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lilas shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lilas in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lilas 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 361 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.
Lilas at a glance
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Current rank
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Lilas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1908
- Peak year (1916)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 117 years of records
Currently ranks #13502 among girls.
361 total births across 117 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 18 births in a single year.
Lilas by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 128 births that decade — 35% of Lilas's all-time total
Lilas decade highlights
- Peak decade 128 births
- Runner-up 99 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Lilas's strongest decade
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Lilas by state
Where Lilas concentrates geographically — total births since 1908
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Wisconsin | | 10 | 2.8% |
10 of 361 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Wisconsin 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Wisconsin accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1908–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.