Lilla
Lilla was given to 26 girls in 2025, #5,046 among girls’ names; 4,440 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,410 Americans named Lilla and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (32% of everyone recorded); the median is 21 years old and half are between 13 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lilla by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lilla mean?
Wiktionary, Hungarian section
Lilla is “a female given name”
[ˈlilːɒ]
Meaning: Wiktionary, Hungarian section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lilla?
#5,046 among girls’ names, 2025
Lilla fell from #3,816 in 2015 to #5,046 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 22.4 to 16.2 per million.
85 babies in 1918, the peak
Lilla peaked in 1918, when 85 girls were given it, #782 among girls’ names. The 26 births of 2025 are 31% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #5,046 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,341 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,936 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,105 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,674 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,217 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,044 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,945 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,341 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,223 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (135)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 40 | #3,816 | 0.02 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,969 | 0.02 |
| 2013 | 44 | #3,545 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 51 | #3,248 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 41 | #3,762 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,077 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,840 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,140 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,688 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,117 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,432 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,146 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,461 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,794 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,993 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,913 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 7 | #12,125 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,815 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 7 | #11,528 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,764 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 5 | #14,769 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,652 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,412 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,879 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 8 | #9,247 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 6 | #11,158 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,745 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,699 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,201 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,752 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,786 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 7 | #7,085 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 5 | #9,010 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,330 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,931 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,600 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,665 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,182 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,349 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,367 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,804 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,551 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,689 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,903 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,991 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,484 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,652 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,821 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 10 | #4,053 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,900 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,413 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,209 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 24 | #2,101 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,995 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,615 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 22 | #2,104 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,921 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,564 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,997 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 38 | #1,303 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,837 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,508 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,544 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 36 | #1,283 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,498 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 36 | #1,234 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 40 | #1,156 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 28 | #1,403 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 39 | #1,141 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 34 | #1,236 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 46 | #1,027 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 41 | #1,093 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 40 | #1,140 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 40 | #1,139 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 45 | #1,110 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 41 | #1,167 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 52 | #1,048 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 56 | #1,032 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 72 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 53 | #1,043 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 75 | #866 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 75 | #848 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 81 | #813 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 76 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 76 | #828 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 66 | #863 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 85 | #782 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 67 | #838 | 0.06 |
| 1916 | 74 | #794 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 58 | #862 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 62 | #731 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 52 | #733 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 47 | #733 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 37 | #716 | 0.09 |
| 1910 | 39 | #687 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 27 | #783 | 0.08 |
| 1908 | 40 | #598 | 0.12 |
| 1907 | 44 | #548 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 41 | #552 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | 54 | #462 | 0.19 |
| 1904 | 36 | #568 | 0.13 |
| 1903 | 40 | #508 | 0.15 |
| 1902 | 49 | #449 | 0.19 |
| 1901 | 43 | #456 | 0.18 |
| 1900 | 57 | #444 | 0.19 |
| 1899 | 42 | #452 | 0.18 |
| 1898 | 39 | #498 | 0.15 |
| 1897 | 46 | #434 | 0.20 |
| 1896 | 55 | #383 | 0.23 |
| 1895 | 47 | #415 | 0.20 |
| 1894 | 49 | #402 | 0.22 |
| 1893 | 43 | #410 | 0.20 |
| 1892 | 55 | #359 | 0.26 |
| 1891 | 44 | #380 | 0.24 |
| 1890 | 45 | #376 | 0.24 |
| 1889 | 40 | #382 | 0.22 |
| 1888 | 56 | #322 | 0.31 |
| 1887 | 27 | #429 | 0.18 |
| 1886 | 52 | #287 | 0.36 |
| 1885 | 43 | #309 | 0.32 |
| 1884 | 36 | #329 | 0.28 |
| 1883 | 43 | #273 | 0.38 |
| 1882 | 44 | #264 | 0.41 |
| 1881 | 32 | #280 | 0.35 |
| 1880 | 35 | #262 | 0.38 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lilla a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lilla has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 135 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lilla: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lilla, and how old are they?
1,410 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 32% of the 4,440 Americans ever recorded as Lilla. The median Lilla alive today is 21 years old; half are between 13 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 1,666 people named Lilla (1,661 women and girls, 5 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,450 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 180 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 243 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 115 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 42 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 428 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 395 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lilla born?
The states with the most babies named Lilla are Georgia, Alabama and Texas, with 72% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 434 | not ranked | 4.2× |
| Alabama | 92 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Texas | 86 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| South Carolina | 73 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Florida | 60 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| California | 31 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| North Carolina | 20 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Massachusetts | 16 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New York | 16 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Louisiana | 11 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Lilla is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lilla is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 4.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lilla with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Lilla?
Lilla is a less common spelling of Lila: SSA has recorded 4,440 Lilla and 76,550 Lila since 1880.
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 599,801 babies since 1880, Lilla is the eighth most given (<1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 26 of their 16,358 babies (<1%), again the eighth most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lilla
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lilla and names like it
- Compare Lilla and LilaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sLilla peaked in 1918.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lilla since 1910.
- Hungarian namesWiktionary’s origin for Lilla: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Lilla.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Lilla alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with LMost given first.