Lilia

Lilia was the #859 girls' name in the US in 2025 (315 babies), and #468 in England & Wales and #355 in Canada.

Lilia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lilia 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandEngland & WalesUSIreland
Lilia 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.00.511.521880192019602000
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#859 (315)#468 (85)#387 (8)—#718 (4)#355 (87)
2024#914 (290)#439 (97)#541 (5)—#898 (3)#352 (85)
2023#960 (271)#467 (85)——#625 (5)#379 (79)
2022#1,007 (260)#462 (91)——#905 (3)#375 (81)
2021#1,020 (249)#449 (97)#652 (4)——#471 (64)
2020#1,152 (205)#478 (84)#471 (6)#397 (3)#495 (7)#440 (68)
2019#1,101 (223)#443 (95)#493 (6)——#494 (65)
2018#1,048 (245)#408 (108)#324 (11)#361 (4)#734 (4)#436 (74)
2017#1,087 (233)#549 (79)—#355 (4)#873 (3)#394 (85)
2016#989 (268)#398 (113)——#750 (4)#414 (82)
2015#955 (284)#377 (120)#566 (5)—#581 (6)#375 (91)
2014#923 (291)#363 (125)#537 (6)——#444 (74)
2013#912 (280)#342 (133)#564 (5)#440 (3)#424 (10)#397 (81)
2012#881 (302)#368 (130)#525 (6)—#768 (4)#350 (93)
2011#862 (304)#299 (165)#430 (8)—#798 (4)#440 (73)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #859.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1884.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lilia is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,700 to 1 in 5,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lilia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #748ILMichigan: #735MINew York: #628NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #628CAUtah: #539UTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #541VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #748AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #1,057NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #742TXFlorida: #1,112FL
Lilia (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#12545
Ontario2024#46227

Lilia (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
LiliaCanadaGirls#35587
LiliaEngland & WalesGirls#46885
LiliaIrelandGirls#7184
LiliaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LiliaScotlandGirls#3878
LiliaUSGirls#859315
LiliaUSBoys—too few