Lillion — girls' name
350 babies named Lillion in U.S. Social Security records since 1902, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Lillion was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Lillion in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lillion
The Social Security Administration has registered 350 babies named Lillion between 1902 and 2016, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lillion currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lillion performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lillion shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lillion in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lillion 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 350 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.
Lillion at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lillion popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1902
- Peak year (1922)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 115 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
350 total births across 115 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 19 births in a single year.
Lillion by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 126 births that decade — 36% of Lillion's all-time total
Lillion decade highlights
- Peak decade 126 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Lillion's strongest decade
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Lillion by state
Where Lillion concentrates geographically — total births since 1902
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 350 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1902–2016 (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.