Lyllian — girls' name
630 babies named Lyllian in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Lyllian was born in this single decade.
45 babies were named Lyllian in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lyllian
The Social Security Administration has registered 630 babies named Lyllian between 1923 and 2023, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lyllian currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 45 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lyllian performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 304 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lyllian shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Lyllian in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lyllian 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 630 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.
Lyllian at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lyllian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1923
- Peak year (2009)
- 45
- Annual births at peak — across 101 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
630 total births across 101 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 45 births in a single year.
Lyllian by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 304 births that decade — 48% of Lyllian's all-time total
Lyllian decade highlights
- Peak decade 304 births
- Runner-up 252 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lyllian's strongest decade
304 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Lyllian by state
Where Lyllian concentrates geographically — total births since 1923
Top 5 states
- Indiana 1.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Indiana accounts for 1.7% 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, 1923–2023 (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.