Girls' name · since 1920
Lilien
Lilien has 40 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #37,594 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,091 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 40
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lilien currently ranks #15091 among girls' names in America, with 40 babies recorded since 1920.
Lilien has 40 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15091 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #37,594 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,091 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 40 born since 1920
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lilien ranks #37,594 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,091 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 40 born since 1920, peaking in the 2010s.
- #37,594 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,091 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 40
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lilien's 40 recorded births place it above 47.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lilien compares
40 13th 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
Lilien's all-time total is 89% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lilien | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 40 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lilien's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lilien splits its recorded history at 2015: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1920 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lilien popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Lilien by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (25 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Lilien's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Lilien births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 25 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Lilien's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (25 total births) through the 2020s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Lilien: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1920–2025 (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 Lilien 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.