Girls' name · since 1894
Lillar
104 babies named Lillar in U.S. Social Security records since 1894, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,702 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 104
- born since 1894
- 1910s
- peak decade
104 girls have been named Lillar since 1894, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lillar has 104 recorded births among girls since 1894, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1894 to 1947.
- #26,702 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 104 born since 1894
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lillar ranks #26,702 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 104 born since 1894, peaking in the 1910s.
- #26,702 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 104
- born since 1894
- 1910s
- peak decade
Lillar's 104 recorded births place it above 63.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lillar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lillar's SSA record in two at 1911 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1898, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1918 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lillar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1894–1947
- Peak year (1918)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1947.
104 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 10 births in a single year.
Lillar by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (36 births, 35% of the file).
1910s was Lillar's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Lillar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s
1890s
25 births
- 1900s
1900s
15 births
- 1910s
1910s
36 births
- 1920s
1920s
23 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 36 births (35% of all-time use).
Lillar decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Lillar's data
- Lillar's decade-level peak was the 1910s (36 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1940s -- 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.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lillar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1894–1947 (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 Lillar 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.
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