NameTides

Lila

Lila was the #186 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,670 babies), and #179 in England & Wales and #242 in Canada.

Lila as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lila as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandEngland & WalesUSScotlandCanadaIreland
Lila as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#186 (1,670)#179 (277)#217 (17)#132 (15)#273 (15)#242 (128)
2024#206 (1,482)#237 (204)#244 (15)—#342 (11)#333 (92)
2023#213 (1,401)#257 (178)#365 (9)#209 (8)#364 (10)#291 (104)
2022#221 (1,354)#242 (196)#285 (12)#201 (9)#338 (12)#249 (119)
2021#223 (1,341)#237 (211)#339 (10)#237 (7)#299 (14)#307 (106)
2020#228 (1,298)#256 (184)#313 (11)#246 (6)#410 (9)#294 (106)
2019#228 (1,373)#325 (144)#406 (8)#200 (9)#296 (15)#224 (134)
2018#225 (1,405)#292 (162)#301 (12)#238 (7)#361 (12)#237 (131)
2017#210 (1,474)#320 (150)#570 (5)#215 (8)#316 (14)#231 (133)
2016#210 (1,561)#287 (175)#356 (10)#202 (10)#419 (10)#214 (148)
2015#199 (1,658)#234 (214)#416 (8)#269 (6)#494 (8)#217 (152)
2014#184 (1,776)#252 (194)#603 (5)#314 (5)#427 (10)#220 (152)
2013#190 (1,703)#290 (161)#344 (11)#178 (11)#587 (6)#251 (130)
2012#182 (1,728)#265 (188)#351 (11)#203 (9)#414 (11)#228 (145)
2011#163 (1,921)#312 (157)#579 (5)#246 (7)#414 (11)#227 (141)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #155.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 960 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 960common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 910common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 490common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lila is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 940 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 880 to 1 in 1,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lila by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #131MEWisconsin: #136WIVermont: #75VTNew Hampshire: #205NHWashington: #203WAIdaho: #117IDMontana: #91MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #145MNIllinois: #262ILMichigan: #153MINew York: #172NYMassachusetts: #110MAOregon: #190ORNevada: #292NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #188SDIowa: #106IAIndiana: #226INOhio: #155OHPennsylvania: #187PANew Jersey: #229NJConnecticut: #120CTRhode Island: #78RICalifornia: #221CAUtah: #162UTColorado: #154CONebraska: #169NEMissouri: #145MOKentucky: #185KYWest Virginia: #230WVVirginia: #145VAMaryland: #212MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #189AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #172KSArkansas: #198ARTennessee: #181TNNorth Carolina: #139NCSouth Carolina: #188SCDistrict of Columbia: #57DCOklahoma: #156OKLouisiana: #212LAMississippi: #163MSAlabama: #166ALGeorgia: #170GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #261TXFlorida: #211FL
Lila (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#19030
Ontario2024#39133

Lila (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LilaCanadaGirls#242128
LilaEngland & WalesGirls#179277
LilaIrelandGirls#27315
LilaNorthern IrelandGirls#13215
LilaScotlandGirls#21717
LilaUSGirls#1861,670
LilaUSBoys—too few