Girls' name · since 1918
Lillien
Since 1918, U.S. Social Security records show 325 babies named Lillien, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,250 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,329 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 325
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lillien currently ranks #13329 among girls' names in America, with 325 babies recorded since 1918.
Lillien has 325 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13329 as of the latest data, more common than 23% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #15,250 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,329 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 325 born since 1918
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lillien ranks #15,250 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,329 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 325 born since 1918, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,250 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,329 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 325
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lillien's 325 recorded births place it above 78.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lillien compares
325 47th 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
Lillien's all-time total is 14% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lillien | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 325 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lillien's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lillien's full recorded timeline at 2011, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1928, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lillien popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Lillien by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (152 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Lillien's strongest decade.
152 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Lillien births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 8
1910s
8 births
- 1920s 10
1920s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
124 births
- 2010s
2010s
152 births
- 2020s 31
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 152 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Lillien's decade-level peak was the 2010s (152 total births); usage has since declined to 31 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.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lillien: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1918–2025 (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 Lillien 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.