Girls' name · since 1919
Lylia
Lylia has 425 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,035 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,335 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 425
- born since 1919
- 2010s
- peak decade
425 babies have been named Lylia since 1919, making it today's #13335 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lylia has been recorded 425 times among girls since 1919, currently ranked #13335 nationally and more common than 23% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2025.
- #13,035 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,335 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 425 born since 1919
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lylia ranks #13,035 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,335 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 425 born since 1919, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,035 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,335 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 425
- born since 1919
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lylia's 425 recorded births place it above 81.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Lylia compares
425 Top 48% higher than 52% 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
Lylia's all-time total is 13% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lylia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 425 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lylia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lylia's full recorded timeline at 2002, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lylia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Lylia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (140 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Lylia's strongest decade.
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Lylia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 33
1920s
33 births
- 1930s 25
1930s
25 births
- 1940s 27
1940s
27 births
- 1950s 32
1950s
32 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
101 births
- 2010s
2010s
140 births
- 2020s 51
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 140 births (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 425 births nationwide.
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What to do with Lylia's data
- Lylia's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (140 total births) through the 2020s (51) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Lylias (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lylia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~106 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, 1919–2025 (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 Lylia 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.