Girls' name · since 1914
Lylian
Lylian has 379 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,967 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,304 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 379
- born since 1914
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lylian currently ranks #13304 among girls' names in America, with 379 babies recorded since 1914.
Lylian has 379 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13304 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 1914 to 2025.
- #13,967 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,304 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 379 born since 1914
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lylian ranks #13,967 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,304 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 379 born since 1914, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,967 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,304 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 379
- born since 1914
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lylian's 379 recorded births place it above 80.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lylian compares
379 Top 50% higher than 50% 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
Lylian's all-time total is 1% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lylian | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 379 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lylian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lylian's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lylian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Lylian by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (168 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Lylian's strongest decade.
168 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Lylian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
154 births
- 2010s
2010s
168 births
- 2020s 45
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 168 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Lylian's decade-level peak was the 2010s (168 total births); usage has since declined to 45 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 Lylian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~111 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, 1914–2025 (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 Lylian 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.