NameTides

Lillian

Lillian was the #57 girls' name in the US in 2025 (3,966 babies), and #361 in England & Wales and #102 in Canada.

Lillian as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Lillian as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandEngland & WalesIreland
Lillian as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#57 (3,966)#361 (119)#324 (10)—#413 (9)#102 (253)—
2024#54 (3,893)#309 (140)#476 (6)—#243 (17)#99 (250)—
2023#55 (3,940)#353 (120)#482 (6)—#364 (10)#86 (253)—
2022#50 (4,260)#336 (129)#418 (7)#418 (3)#338 (12)#93 (258)—
2021#51 (4,328)#373 (123)#558 (5)#446 (3)#390 (10)#103 (263)—
2020#46 (4,515)#333 (137)#636 (4)—#264 (16)#89 (276)—
2019#37 (5,127)#310 (154)#343 (10)#336 (4)#271 (17)#80 (324)—
2018#34 (5,567)#330 (145)#348 (10)#361 (4)#244 (19)#84 (311)—
2017#27 (6,181)#274 (178)#409 (8)—#324 (13)#70 (376)#86 (83)
2016#28 (6,386)#293 (169)#453 (7)—#236 (20)#67 (391)—
2015#26 (6,628)#291 (165)#340 (11)—#291 (17)#76 (369)#92 (80)
2014#25 (6,924)#348 (132)#306 (13)—#242 (21)#76 (353)#78 (88)
2013#26 (7,085)#339 (135)#449 (7)—#340 (14)#79 (336)#87 (78)
2012#25 (7,171)#349 (138)#525 (6)—#295 (17)#77 (338)—
2011#22 (6,934)#426 (102)#515 (6)—#285 (18)#90 (315)#62 (108)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1898 at #10.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 410 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 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 410common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 590common

Next year

On its recent trend, Lillian is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 420 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 400 to 1 in 450.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lillian by state, 2025Alaska: #35AKMaine: #15MEWisconsin: #32WIVermont: #21VTNew Hampshire: #40NHWashington: #70WAIdaho: #94IDMontana: #55MTNorth Dakota: #23NDMinnesota: #35MNIllinois: #52ILMichigan: #36MINew York: #97NYMassachusetts: #55MAOregon: #55ORNevada: #64NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #73SDIowa: #37IAIndiana: #38INOhio: #30OHPennsylvania: #45PANew Jersey: #77NJConnecticut: #52CTRhode Island: #78RICalifornia: #151CAUtah: #146UTColorado: #57CONebraska: #41NEMissouri: #26MOKentucky: #40KYWest Virginia: #21WVVirginia: #42VAMaryland: #50MDDelaware: #35DEArizona: #79AZNew Mexico: #130NMKansas: #63KSArkansas: #58ARTennessee: #32TNNorth Carolina: #32NCSouth Carolina: #18SCDistrict of Columbia: #43DCOklahoma: #53OKLouisiana: #29LAMississippi: #36MSAlabama: #26ALGeorgia: #62GAHawaii: #92HITexas: #85TXFlorida: #83FL
Lillian (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#95107

Lillian (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
LillianCanadaGirls#102253
LillianEngland & WalesGirls#361119
LillianIrelandGirls#4139
LillianNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LillianNSWGirls—too few
LillianScotlandGirls#32410
LillianUSGirls#573,966
LillianUSBoys—too few