Lilia — #920 US girls' name
13,995 babies named Lilia in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 95% of names given to girls today.
20% of everyone ever named Lilia was born in this single decade.
308 babies were named Lilia in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lilia
The Social Security Administration has registered 13,995 babies named Lilia between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lilia currently holds the #920 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 308 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lilia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,733 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lilia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,668 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Lilia in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lilia 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 13,995 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.
Lilia at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Lilia popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1884
- Peak year (2007)
- 308
- Annual births at peak — across 141 years of records
Currently ranks #920 among girls.
13,995 total births across 141 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 308 births in a single year.
Lilia popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1988 (Lilia as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Lilia accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lilia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 2,733 births that decade — 20% of Lilia's all-time total
Lilia decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,733 births
- Runner-up 2,492 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lilia's strongest decade
2,733 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Lilia by state
Where Lilia concentrates geographically — total births since 1884
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,668 | 26.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,866 | 20.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 685 | 4.9% |
| #4 | New York | | 508 | 3.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 378 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Washington | | 270 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 233 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 192 | 1.4% |
3,668 of 13,995 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 26.2% of nationwide
- Texas 20.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.9% of nationwide
- New York 3.6% of nationwide
- Florida 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 34 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 26.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Lilia appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1884–2024 (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.