Lillain — girls' name
28 babies named Lillain in U.S. Social Security records since 1895, with the highest year being 1895. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Lillain was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Lillain in 1895 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lillain
The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Lillain between 1895 and 1924, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lillain currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1924. The name reached its historical peak in 1895, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lillain performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lillain shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lillain 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 28 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.
Lillain at a glance
Last recorded 1924Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lillain popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–1895
- Peak year (1895)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1924.
28 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1895 with 6 births in a single year.
Lillain by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 16 births that decade — 57% of Lillain's all-time total
Lillain decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Lillain's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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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, 1895–1924 (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.