Lillian Girl
How popular is Lillian?
#57 girl name in 2025
3,966 baby girls were named Lillian in the US in 2025, making it the 57th most popular girl name.
Lillian popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #57 for girls (▼ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,966 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-40% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #26 in 2015, #46 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1920 (10,049 girls) |
| Highest rank | #10 in 1898 (4 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lillian counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lillian family of names ranked #53 for girls in 2025, with 4,925 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lillian | 3,966 | 81% |
| Lilian | 537 | 11% |
| Lilyann | 90 | 2% |
| Lillyann | 44 | 1% |
| Lilyanne | 42 | 1% |
| Lilyan | 35 | 1% |
| Lilliann | 39 | 1% |
| Lillianne | 33 | 1% |
| Lillyan | 13 | 0% |
| Lillyanne | 28 | 1% |
| Liliane | 29 | 1% |
| Lilianne | 23 | 0% |
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 Lillian is most popular
Babies named Lillian per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 11.3 per 1,000 (55 girls)
- West Virginia: 7.9 per 1,000 (206 girls)
- Maine: 7.6 per 1,000 (117 girls)
- New Hampshire: 7.2 per 1,000 (133 girls)
- Alaska: 7.0 per 1,000 (60 girls)
Lillian by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11,270 | #23 |
| 1890s | 24,106 | #10 |
| 1900s | 32,519 | #10 |
| 1910s | 75,914 | #13 |
| 1920s | 83,160 | #18 |
| 1930s | 37,391 | #44 |
| 1940s | 22,315 | #97 |
| 1950s | 16,509 | #156 |
| 1960s | 10,606 | #223 |
| 1970s | 5,364 | #335 |
| 1980s | 5,390 | #368 |
| 1990s | 11,229 | #147 |
| 2000s | 49,393 | #27 |
| 2010s | 64,960 | #22 |
| 2020s | 24,902 | #46 |
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Questions
- Is Lillian a boy or girl name?
- Lillian is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lillian were girls.
- How popular is the name Lillian?
- 3,966 baby girls were named Lillian in the US in 2025, making it the 57th most popular girl name.
- When was Lillian most popular?
- Lillian peaked in 1920, when 10,049 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #10, held for 4 years starting in 1898.
- How many people are named Lillian?
- 476,457 babies have been named Lillian in the US since 1880. We estimate about 209,908 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Lillian most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lillian was most common in Vermont, at 11.3 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.