Lylia — #15424 US girls' name
419 babies named Lylia in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Lylia was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Lylia in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lylia
The Social Security Administration has registered 419 babies named Lylia between 1919 and 2024, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lylia currently holds the #15424 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lylia performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 140 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Lylia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lylia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lylia 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 419 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.
Lylia at a glance
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Current rank
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Lylia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1919
- Peak year (2013)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 106 years of records
Currently ranks #15424 among girls.
419 total births across 106 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 21 births in a single year.
Lylia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 140 births that decade — 33% of Lylia's all-time total
Lylia decade highlights
- Peak decade 140 births
- Runner-up 101 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lylia's strongest decade
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Lylia by state
Where Lylia concentrates geographically — total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.4% |
6 of 419 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California 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, 1919–2024 (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.