NameTides

Lilian

Lilian was the #560 girls' name in the US in 2025 (537 babies), and #531 in England & Wales and #600 in Canada.

Lilian as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lilian as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Lilian as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#560 (537)#531 (75)——#600 (50)
2024#557 (544)#558 (70)#638 (4)—#514 (58)
2023#558 (543)#754 (47)#482 (6)#555 (6)#684 (41)
2022#576 (519)#562 (69)#625 (4)—#710 (39)
2021#639 (464)#616 (63)#558 (5)—#690 (42)
2020#656 (439)#545 (73)——#596 (48)
2019#601 (502)#641 (61)#650 (4)—#503 (64)
2018#612 (494)#540 (77)#583 (5)#512 (7)#655 (45)
2017#588 (508)#661 (63)——#656 (45)
2016#557 (560)#630 (67)#798 (3)#750 (4)#627 (48)
2015#497 (641)#577 (74)#509 (6)#751 (4)#609 (49)
2014#502 (622)#597 (69)#802 (3)#536 (7)#574 (54)
2013#495 (605)#575 (71)—#540 (7)#537 (56)
2012#462 (676)#624 (67)—#435 (10)#685 (42)
2011#462 (645)#569 (71)#674 (4)#437 (10)#567 (51)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2007 at #416.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,000 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 3,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lilian is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,500 to 1 in 3,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lilian by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #236NHWashington: #478WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #363ILMichigan: #519MINew York: #980NYMassachusetts: #481MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #511INOhio: #562OHPennsylvania: #487PANew Jersey: #535NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #442CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #406CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #442MOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #704VAMaryland: #459MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #416AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #453TNNorth Carolina: #442NCSouth Carolina: #519SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #854GAHawaii: #168HITexas: #520TXFlorida: #617FL
Lilian (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
Ontario2024#44228

Lilian (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
LilianCanadaGirls#60050
LilianCanadaBoys—too few
LilianEngland & WalesGirls#53175
LilianIrelandGirls—too few
LilianNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LilianScotlandGirls—too few
LilianUSGirls#560537