NameTides

Lilya

Lilya was the #4,661 girls' name in the US in 2025 (29 babies), and #2,278 in England & Wales and #557 in Canada.

Lilya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Lilya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Lilya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#4,661 (29)#2,278 (12)—#557 (54)
2024#4,473 (31)#3,696 (6)—#1,077 (24)
2023#4,655 (29)#2,063 (13)—#789 (35)
2022#4,295 (33)#2,178 (12)—#738 (37)
2021#4,014 (36)#2,201 (12)—#667 (44)
2020#4,263 (32)#4,535 (4)—#693 (41)
2019#5,041 (26)#2,869 (8)—#692 (43)
2018#4,768 (28)#2,901 (8)—#800 (35)
2017#5,661 (22)#3,229 (7)—#1,090 (23)
2016#5,284 (25)#3,609 (6)—#750 (38)
2015#5,833 (22)#4,103 (5)—#820 (33)
2014#4,350 (33)#2,659 (9)#802 (3)#825 (33)
2013#4,422 (32)#4,739 (4)—#629 (46)
2012#4,957 (28)#2,717 (9)—#999 (26)
2011#5,358 (25)#1,807 (15)—#983 (26)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #4,014.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1993.

How common is it?

about 1 in 56,000 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 56,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lilya is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 59,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 54,000 to 1 in 65,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lilya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,887FL
Lilya (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#13740

Lilya (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
LilyaCanadaGirls#55754
LilyaEngland & WalesGirls#2,27812
LilyaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LilyaScotlandGirls—too few
LilyaUSGirls#4,66129