Lilla
#4,987 for girls in 2025, 26 births
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 35 births
- Debut · girls
- 35 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,440since 1880
Lilla over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lilla has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,987 | 26 |
| 2024 | #4,294 | 33 |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 |
| 2021 | #5,573 | 22 |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 |
| 2019 | #4,006 | 36 |
| 2018 | #4,889 | 27 |
| 2017 | #4,304 | 33 |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 |
| 2015 | #3,767 | 40 |
| 2014 | #3,925 | 38 |
| 2013 | #3,513 | 44 |
| 2012 | #3,213 | 51 |
| 2011 | #3,723 | 41 |
| 2010 | #4,023 | 37 |
| 2009 | #3,800 | 41 |
| 2008 | #4,089 | 38 |
| 2007 | #3,653 | 44 |
| 2006 | #4,073 | 36 |
| 2005 | #4,373 | 31 |
| 2004 | #5,062 | 25 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 |
| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 |
| 1953 | #2,173 | 23 |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 |
| 1951 | #1,968 | 25 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 |
| 1949 | #2,069 | 22 |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 |
| 1947 | #1,545 | 37 |
| 1946 | #1,970 | 22 |
| 1945 | #1,292 | 38 |
| 1944 | #1,808 | 22 |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 |
| 1942 | #1,533 | 29 |
| 1941 | #1,271 | 36 |
| 1940 | #1,477 | 27 |
| 1939 | #1,221 | 36 |
| 1938 | #1,140 | 40 |
| 1937 | #1,389 | 28 |
| 1936 | #1,135 | 39 |
| 1935 | #1,219 | 34 |
| 1934 | #1,019 | 46 |
| 1933 | #1,085 | 41 |
| 1932 | #1,130 | 40 |
| 1931 | #1,127 | 40 |
| 1930 | #1,101 | 45 |
| 1929 | #1,159 | 41 |
| 1928 | #1,041 | 52 |
| 1927 | #1,023 | 56 |
| 1926 | #873 | 72 |
| 1925 | #1,037 | 53 |
| 1924 | #864 | 75 |
| 1923 | #845 | 75 |
| 1922 | #808 | 81 |
| 1921 | #848 | 76 |
| 1920 | #825 | 76 |
| 1919 | #858 | 66 |
| 1918 | #777 | 85 |
| 1917 | #834 | 67 |
| 1916 | #789 | 74 |
| 1915 | #856 | 58 |
| 1914 | #726 | 62 |
| 1913 | #721 | 52 |
| 1912 | #729 | 47 |
| 1911 | #714 | 37 |
| 1910 | #679 | 39 |
| 1909 | #773 | 27 |
| 1908 | #593 | 40 |
| 1907 | #545 | 44 |
| 1906 | #549 | 41 |
| 1905 | #458 | 54 |
| 1904 | #559 | 36 |
| 1903 | #504 | 40 |
| 1902 | #445 | 49 |
| 1901 | #452 | 43 |
| 1900 | #440 | 57 |
| 1899 | #449 | 42 |
| 1898 | #491 | 39 |
| 1897 | #432 | 46 |
| 1896 | #383 | 55 |
| 1895 | #411 | 47 |
| 1894 | #399 | 49 |
| 1893 | #408 | 43 |
| 1892 | #358 | 55 |
| 1891 | #377 | 44 |
| 1890 | #373 | 45 |
| 1889 | #381 | 40 |
| 1888 | #320 | 56 |
| 1887 | #424 | 27 |
| 1886 | #285 | 52 |
| 1885 | #306 | 43 |
| 1884 | #326 | 36 |
| 1883 | #273 | 43 |
| 1882 | #262 | 44 |
| 1881 | #279 | 32 |
| 1880 | #261 | 35 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lilla was already there! It came in at #261, and was given to 35 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1974, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lilla is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Georgia#261 · 1 in 1,959
- South Carolina#376 · 1 in 3,845
- Texas#839 · 1 in 9,009
Best ever in a state: #212 in Florida, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #261 | 16 | 1 in 1,959 |
| South Carolina | #376 | 5 | 1 in 3,845 |
| Texas | #839 | 5 | 1 in 9,009 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 693 spots since 2024 (#4,294 → #4,987)
- 1,096 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #4,987)
- 1,220 spots since 2015 (#3,767 → #4,987)
- Biggest jump: 164 spots in 1926 (#1,037 → #873)
- Biggest drop: 180 spots in 1909 (#593 → #773)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #261 (35 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 70 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 46 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1880–1924
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,451
- Highest: 1 in 2,451 girls born in 1882 were named Lilla (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 61,818 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #261 in 1880, was only 1 in 2,600 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 14.8% of all girls named Lilla (657) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 408 | #261 (1880) | #312 |
| 1890s | 465 | #358 (1892) | #408 |
| 1900s | 431 | #440 (1900) | #532 |
| 1910s | 587 | #679 (1910) | #768 |
| 1920s | 657 | #808 (1922) | #932 |
| 1930s | 389 | #1,019 (1934) | #1,157 |
| 1940s | 289 | #1,271 (1941) | #1,636 |
| 1950s | 158 | #1,968 (1951) | #3,036 |
| 1960s | 108 | #3,458 (1963) | #4,243 |
| 1970s | 64 | #4,761 (1970) | #6,693 |
| 1980s | 26 | #5,544 (1980) | #8,230 |
| 1990s | 55 | #7,532 (1998) | #11,253 |
| 2000s | 277 | #3,653 (2007) | #5,328 |
| 2010s | 373 | #3,213 (2012) | #4,049 |
| 2020s | 153 | #4,294 (2024) | #5,140 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lilla in 1916
girls
#789
74 births · 1 in 14,113 girls
Top girls' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 14,113 of them was named Lilla, which outranked 84.7% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).