Girls' name · since 1990
Lilit
369 babies named Lilit in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,194 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,370 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 369
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
369 babies have been named Lilit since 1990, making it today's #10370 girls' name.
Lilit has 369 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10370 as of the latest data, more common than 40% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #14,194 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,370 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 369 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lilit ranks #14,194 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,370 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 369 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,194 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,370 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 369
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lilit's 369 recorded births place it above 80.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Lilit compares
369 49th 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
Lilit's all-time total is 2% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lilit | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 369 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lilit's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lilit's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lilit popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Lilit by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (117 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Lilit's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Lilit births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
88 births
- 2000s
2000s
117 births
- 2010s
2010s
102 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 117 births (32% of all-time use).
Lilit by state
Where Lilit concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 259 | 70.2% |
259 of 369 births nationwide.
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What to do with Lilit's data
- Lilit's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (117 total births) through the 2020s (62) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Lilits (259 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Lilit: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Lilit 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.