Girls' name · since 1923
Lylis
Lylis has 10 recorded births since 1923 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1923 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #55,928 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1923
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lylis sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 10 recorded since 1923.
Social Security Administration records show Lylis recorded 10 times among girls since 1923, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 1927.
- #55,928 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 10 born since 1923
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lylis ranks #55,928 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 10 born since 1923, peaking in the 1920s.
- #55,928 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 10
- born since 1923
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lylis's 10 recorded births place it above 21.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lylis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lylis's SSA record in two at 1927 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1923, with only 5 births recorded.
Lylis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–1927
- Peak year (1923)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Lylis by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
1920s was Lylis's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Lylis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lylis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~4 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, 1923–1927 (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 Lylis 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.