Girls' name · since 1998
Lilja
Lilja has 272 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,779 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,166 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 272
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
272 babies have been named Lilja since 1998, making it today's #9166 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lilja has been recorded 272 times among girls since 1998, currently ranked #9166 nationally and more common than 47% 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 1998 to 2025.
- #16,779 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,166 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 272 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lilja ranks #16,779 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,166 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 272 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,779 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,166 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 272
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lilja's 272 recorded births place it above 76.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Lilja compares
272 43rd 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
Lilja's all-time total is 28% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lilja | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 272 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lilja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lilja's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lilja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Lilja by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (114 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Lilja's strongest decade.
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Lilja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s
2010s
114 births
- 2020s
2020s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 114 births (42% of all-time use).
Lilja by state
Where Lilja concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.2% |
6 of 272 births nationwide.
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What to do with Lilja's data
- Lilja's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (114 total births) through the 2020s (77) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Liljas (6 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 Lilja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Lilja 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.