Girls' name · since 1913
Lilith
Lilith has 13,534 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,382 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #277 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,534
- born since 1913
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lilith currently ranks #277 among girls' names in America, with 13,534 babies recorded since 1913.
Social Security Administration records show Lilith recorded 13,534 times among girls since 1913, holding rank #277 nationally today, ahead of 98% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2025.
- #1,382 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #277 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 13,534 born since 1913
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lilith ranks #1,382 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #277 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 13,534 born since 1913, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,382 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #277 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,534
- born since 1913
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lilith's 13,534 recorded births place it above 98.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
47 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Lilith compares
13,534 Top 8% higher than 92% of 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
Lilith's all-time total is 36x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lilith | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13,534 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,300 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lilith's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lilith's full recorded timeline at 1996, 98% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 2% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 1,300 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lilith popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 1,300
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Lilith by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (7,017 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Lilith's strongest decade.
7,017 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Lilith births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 35
1910s
35 births
- 1920s 23
1920s
23 births
- 1930s 9
1930s
9 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1960s 26
1960s
26 births
- 1970s 41
1970s
41 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 256
1990s
256 births
- 2000s 1,353
2000s
1,353 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,752 births
- 2020s
2020s
7,017 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 7,017 births (52% of all-time use).
How Lilith compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lilith's total volume
Lilith by state
Where Lilith concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,439 | 10.6% |
| #2 | California | | 1,286 | 9.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 631 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 572 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 452 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 426 | 3.1% |
| #7 | New York | | 425 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 401 | 3.0% |
1,439 of 13,534 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Lilith appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Liliths (1,439 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Lilith: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~112 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, 1913–2025 (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 Lilith 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.