Unisex name · since 1916
Lile
Since 1916, U.S. Social Security records show 90 babies named Lile, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,310 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,315 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 90
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
90 babies have been named Lile since 1916, making it today's #13315 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lile has been recorded 90 times among girls since 1916, currently ranked #13315 nationally and more common than 23% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #28,310 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,315 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 90 born since 1916
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lile ranks #28,310 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,315 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 90 born since 1916, peaking in the 2020s.
- #28,310 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,315 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 90
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lile's 90 recorded births place it above 60.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Lile compares
90 23rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lile's all-time total is 76% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lile | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 90 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lile's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lile splits its recorded history at 1949: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1922 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lile popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #13315 among girls.
90 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 8 births in a single year.
Lile popularity over time - boys
31 total births recorded since 1916 (Lile as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Lile accounts for 26% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lile by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (24 births, 27% of the file).
2020s was Lile's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Lile births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1920s
1920s
17 births
- 1930s
1930s
11 births
- 1940s
1940s
16 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 24 births (27% of all-time use).
Lile decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Lile by state
Where Lile concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 5.6% |
5 of 90 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.6% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Lile's data
- Texas records the most Liles (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lile: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~109 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lile draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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