Lilith Girl
How popular is Lilith?
#277 girl name in 2025
1,111 baby girls were named Lilith in the US in 2025, making it the 277th most popular girl name.
Lilith popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #277 for girls (▼ 22 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,111 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+116% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #586 in 2015, #316 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (1,300 girls) |
| Highest rank | #232 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1913 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lilith counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lilith family of names ranked #264 for girls in 2025 (#241 the year before), with 1,252 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lilith | 1,111 | 89% |
| Lillith | 101 | 8% |
| Lilyth | 18 | 1% |
| Lylith | 14 | 1% |
| Lillyth | 8 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lilith is most popular
Babies named Lilith per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 2.4 per 1,000 (58 girls)
- West Virginia: 2.3 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- Maine: 2.3 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- South Dakota: 1.9 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Nevada: 1.8 per 1,000 (82 girls)
Lilith by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 35 | #2,825 |
| 1920s | 23 | #3,339 |
| 1930s | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1940s | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1960s | 26 | #4,865 |
| 1970s | 41 | #5,541 |
| 1980s | 17 | #8,315 |
| 1990s | 256 | #1,783 |
| 2000s | 1,353 | #1,146 |
| 2010s | 4,752 | #402 |
| 2020s | 7,017 | #232 |
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Questions
- Is Lilith a boy or girl name?
- Lilith is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lilith were girls.
- How popular is the name Lilith?
- 1,111 baby girls were named Lilith in the US in 2025, making it the 277th most popular girl name.
- When was Lilith most popular?
- Lilith peaked in 2023, when 1,300 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #232 in 2023.
- How many people are named Lilith?
- 13,534 babies have been named Lilith in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,404 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Lilith most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lilith was most common in New Mexico, at 2.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.