Lilia
Lilia was given to 315 girls in 2025, #859 among girls’ names; 14,319 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 12,300 Americans named Lilia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (86% of everyone recorded); the median is 23 years old and half are between 12 and 46.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lilia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lilia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lilia is “a female given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “lily” (lilium).
Borrowed from Latin lilia, plural of lilium (“lily”), or a Latinization of the English Lily.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lilia?
#859 among girls’ names, 2025
Lilia rose from #956 in 2015 to #859 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.16 to 0.20 per 1,000.
315 babies in 2025, the peak
Lilia peaked in 2025, when 315 girls were given it, #859 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 290 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 315 | #859 | 0.20 |
| 2024 | 290 | #915 | 0.18 |
| 2023 | 271 | #960 | 0.17 |
| 2022 | 260 | #1,007 | 0.16 |
| 2021 | 249 | #1,021 | 0.15 |
| 2020 | 205 | #1,154 | 0.13 |
| 2019 | 223 | #1,101 | 0.13 |
| 2018 | 245 | #1,050 | 0.14 |
| 2017 | 233 | #1,090 | 0.13 |
| 2016 | 268 | #989 | 0.15 |
Every recorded year (136)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 284 | #956 | 0.16 |
| 2014 | 291 | #927 | 0.16 |
| 2013 | 280 | #914 | 0.16 |
| 2012 | 302 | #882 | 0.17 |
| 2011 | 304 | #862 | 0.17 |
| 2010 | 304 | #874 | 0.17 |
| 2009 | 298 | #909 | 0.16 |
| 2008 | 293 | #931 | 0.15 |
| 2007 | 308 | #898 | 0.16 |
| 2006 | 281 | #934 | 0.15 |
| 2005 | 228 | #1,048 | 0.12 |
| 2004 | 256 | #940 | 0.14 |
| 2003 | 224 | #1,026 | 0.12 |
| 2002 | 217 | #1,008 | 0.12 |
| 2001 | 193 | #1,099 | 0.11 |
| 2000 | 194 | #1,067 | 0.11 |
| 1999 | 181 | #1,100 | 0.10 |
| 1998 | 167 | #1,139 | 0.09 |
| 1997 | 190 | #1,013 | 0.11 |
| 1996 | 149 | #1,204 | 0.08 |
| 1995 | 128 | #1,300 | 0.07 |
| 1994 | 132 | #1,288 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 119 | #1,378 | 0.07 |
| 1992 | 137 | #1,257 | 0.07 |
| 1991 | 138 | #1,234 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 144 | #1,188 | 0.08 |
| 1989 | 137 | #1,188 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 105 | #1,361 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 98 | #1,385 | 0.06 |
| 1986 | 110 | #1,246 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 98 | #1,342 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 99 | #1,275 | 0.06 |
| 1983 | 118 | #1,134 | 0.07 |
| 1982 | 134 | #1,072 | 0.08 |
| 1981 | 144 | #1,012 | 0.09 |
| 1980 | 138 | #1,039 | 0.08 |
| 1979 | 143 | #1,000 | 0.09 |
| 1978 | 110 | #1,157 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 135 | #1,002 | 0.09 |
| 1976 | 134 | #954 | 0.09 |
| 1975 | 154 | #869 | 0.11 |
| 1974 | 158 | #837 | 0.11 |
| 1973 | 146 | #879 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 114 | #1,026 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 131 | #972 | 0.08 |
| 1970 | 128 | #983 | 0.07 |
| 1969 | 101 | #1,100 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 101 | #1,036 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 88 | #1,128 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 77 | #1,228 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 90 | #1,118 | 0.05 |
| 1964 | 100 | #1,092 | 0.05 |
| 1963 | 94 | #1,132 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 86 | #1,189 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 99 | #1,105 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 87 | #1,170 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 91 | #1,121 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 86 | #1,146 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 90 | #1,103 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 66 | #1,282 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 72 | #1,176 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 75 | #1,145 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 70 | #1,159 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 56 | #1,272 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 62 | #1,184 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 44 | #1,385 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 54 | #1,244 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 55 | #1,230 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,425 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,451 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,391 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,836 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,732 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,494 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,371 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,873 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,450 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,298 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 39 | #1,154 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 53 | #946 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 40 | #1,111 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 45 | #1,042 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 48 | #1,005 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 72 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 54 | #948 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 73 | #836 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 60 | #927 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 90 | #752 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 64 | #946 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 62 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 49 | #1,099 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 63 | #964 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 48 | #1,107 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 64 | #922 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 29 | #1,561 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 61 | #935 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 37 | #1,258 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,433 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,197 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,319 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,429 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 29 | #1,136 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,334 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,389 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,302 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,426 | 0.03 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,239 | 0.04 |
| 1907 | 17 | #935 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,075 | 0.04 |
| 1905 | 11 | #1,216 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 13 | #1,029 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,107 | 0.04 |
| 1902 | 13 | #999 | 0.05 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,284 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,659 | 0.02 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,333 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,372 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,426 | 0.03 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,363 | 0.03 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,564 | 0.02 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,432 | 0.03 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,083 | 0.04 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,091 | 0.04 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,235 | 0.03 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,200 | 0.03 |
| 1884 | 6 | #981 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lilia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lilia has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 136 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lilia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lilia, and how old are they?
12,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 86% of the 14,319 Americans ever recorded as Lilia. The median Lilia alive today is 23 years old; half are between 12 and 46.
The 2020 Census counted 29,179 people named Lilia (29,143 women and girls, 36 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 11,118 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Lilia rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 185 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,090 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,810 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,940 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,900 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,390 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lilia born?
The states with the most babies named Lilia are California, Texas and New York, with 44% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 50 | #632 | 2.3× |
| Texas | 40 | #754 | 2.4× |
| New York | 26 | #646 | 0.5× |
| Virginia | 14 | #559 | 0.5× |
| Florida | 13 | #1,152 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 12 | #772 | 1.1× |
| Washington | 10 | #653 | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 10 | #764 | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | #975 | 0.3× |
| Arizona | 8 | #787 | 1.0× |
Where Lilia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lilia is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 2.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lilia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 609,680 babies since 1880, Lilia is the eighth most given (2.3% of them). In 2025 it was given to 315 of their 16,647 babies (1.9%), again the eighth most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lilia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lilia and names like it
- Compare Lilia and LilyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sLilia peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lilia since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Lilia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Lilia.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Lilia alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with LMost given first.