Lilit — #8132 US girls' name
359 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.
More common than 54% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Lilit was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Lilit in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lilit
The Social Security Administration has registered 359 babies named Lilit between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lilit currently holds the #8132 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lilit performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lilit shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 258 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lilit in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lilit 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 359 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.
Lilit at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Lilit popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2008)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #8132 among girls.
359 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 17 births in a single year.
Lilit by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 116 births that decade — 32% of Lilit's all-time total
Lilit decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 102 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Lilit's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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 | | 258 | 71.9% |
258 of 359 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 71.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 71.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1990–2024 (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.