Girls' name · since 1895
Lilyan
Lilyan has 4,339 recorded births since 1895 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,827 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,074 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,339
- born since 1895
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lilyan currently ranks #4074 among girls' names in America, with 4,339 babies recorded since 1895.
Lilyan has 4,339 recorded births among girls since 1895, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4074 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1895 to 2025.
- #2,827 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,074 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,339 born since 1895
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lilyan ranks #2,827 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,074 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,339 born since 1895, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,827 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,074 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,339
- born since 1895
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lilyan's 4,339 recorded births place it above 96.09% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Lilyan compares
4,339 Top 15% higher than 85% of 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
Lilyan's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lilyan | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,339 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 194 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lilyan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lilyan's full recorded timeline at 1949, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1896, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 194 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lilyan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1895–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 194
- Annual births at peak, across 131 years of records
Lilyan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,232 births, 28% of the file).
2000s was Lilyan's strongest decade.
1,232 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Lilyan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 29
1890s
29 births
- 1900s 164
1900s
164 births
- 1910s
1910s
849 births
- 1920s 321
1920s
321 births
- 1930s 162
1930s
162 births
- 1940s 59
1940s
59 births
- 1950s 33
1950s
33 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s 122
1990s
122 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,232 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,055 births
- 2020s 270
2020s
270 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,232 births (28% of all-time use).
How Lilyan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lilyan's total volume
Lilyan by state
Where Lilyan concentrates geographically, total births since 1895
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 393 | 9.1% |
| #2 | California | | 175 | 4.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 174 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Texas | | 169 | 3.9% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 151 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 143 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 86 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 80 | 1.8% |
393 of 4,339 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Lilyan appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lilyan's data
- Lilyan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,232 total births); usage has since declined to 270 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Lilyans (393 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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 Lilyan: 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 (~130 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, 1895–2025 (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 Lilyan 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.