Girls' name · since 2008

Lilium

Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 75 babies named Lilium, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#30,350 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,278 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
75
born since 2008
2010s
peak decade

Lilium currently ranks #16278 among girls' names in America, with 75 babies recorded since 2008.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lilium has been recorded 75 times among girls since 2008, currently ranked #16278 nationally and more common than 6% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.

  • #30,350 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #16,278 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 75 born since 2008
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lilium ranks #30,350 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,278 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 75 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.

#30,350 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,278 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
75
born since 2008
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%5.8%
Lilium vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Lilium's 75 recorded births place it above 57.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Lilium compares

75 21st 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

Lilium's all-time total is 80% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Lilium Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 75 376 567,345
Peak-year births 12 21 19,840

Lilium's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Lilium's SSA record in two at 2015 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 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Lilium popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2015)
12
Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
468101214 2008201120122013201420152018201920212025 5

Lilium by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (55 births, 73% of the file).

2010s was Lilium's strongest decade.

55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.

Lilium births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 55 births (73% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lilium?
Lilium has been given to 75 babies in the U.S. since 2008, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #30,350 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #16,278 of 17,297. 12 babies were born in 2015, its single highest year.
Where does Lilium sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lilium ranks #30,350 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,278 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Lilium most popular?
Lilium was most popular in the 2010s decade with 55 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Lilium been used?
Lilium has been recorded in Social Security data since 2008, spanning 18 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Lilium?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lillian, Lily, Lillie, Lila, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Lilium's data

  • Lilium's decade-level peak was the 2010s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Lilium

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Lilium: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2008–2025 (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 Lilium 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.