Lilyan
#4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births
- Peak · girls
- 1915 · 120 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,339since 1895
Lilyan over time
Rank among girls' names. Lilyan has never cracked the top 500 here.
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 | #4,067 | 35 |
| 2024 | #3,963 | 37 |
| 2023 | #3,833 | 39 |
| 2022 | #3,171 | 51 |
| 2021 | #3,614 | 42 |
| 2020 | #2,580 | 66 |
| 2019 | #3,222 | 49 |
| 2018 | #3,201 | 50 |
| 2017 | #2,487 | 72 |
| 2016 | #2,321 | 81 |
| 2015 | #2,152 | 88 |
| 2014 | #1,922 | 104 |
| 2013 | #1,539 | 142 |
| 2012 | #1,510 | 147 |
| 2011 | #1,372 | 167 |
| 2010 | #1,456 | 155 |
| 2009 | #1,307 | 185 |
| 2008 | #1,286 | 193 |
| 2007 | #1,269 | 194 |
| 2006 | #1,495 | 147 |
| 2005 | #1,599 | 127 |
| 2004 | #1,593 | 123 |
| 2003 | #1,832 | 101 |
| 2002 | #2,263 | 72 |
| 2001 | #2,663 | 56 |
| 2000 | #3,738 | 34 |
| 1999 | #4,088 | 28 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 |
| 1934 | #1,556 | 23 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,520 | 25 |
| 1931 | #1,394 | 28 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 |
| 1926 | #1,514 | 29 |
| 1925 | #1,748 | 24 |
| 1924 | #1,566 | 29 |
| 1923 | #1,388 | 33 |
| 1922 | #1,207 | 41 |
| 1921 | #969 | 58 |
| 1920 | #857 | 71 |
| 1919 | #800 | 77 |
| 1918 | #640 | 124 |
| 1917 | #621 | 121 |
| 1916 | #606 | 123 |
| 1915 | #593 | 120 |
| 1914 | #629 | 84 |
| 1913 | #651 | 63 |
| 1912 | #639 | 60 |
| 1911 | #659 | 43 |
| 1910 | #723 | 34 |
| 1909 | #791 | 26 |
| 1908 | #970 | 17 |
| 1907 | #710 | 28 |
| 1906 | #742 | 24 |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,027 | 12 |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 |
| 1900 | #917 | 17 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
| 1894 | — | |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Lilyan! It came in at #1,426, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lilyan is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#311 · 1 in 1,061
- Nebraska#411 · 1 in 1,550
- Kentucky#483 · 1 in 2,268
- Indiana#719 · 1 in 3,754
- Ohio#850 · 1 in 5,158
Best ever in a state: #242 in New York, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #311 | 6 | 1 in 1,061 |
| Nebraska | #411 | 5 | 1 in 1,550 |
| Kentucky | #483 | 8 | 1 in 2,268 |
| Indiana | #719 | 8 | 1 in 3,754 |
| Ohio | #850 | 10 | 1 in 5,158 |
| Michigan | #1,074 | 6 | 1 in 6,862 |
| Illinois | #1,631 | 5 | 1 in 11,751 |
| Florida | #1,718 | 6 | 1 in 13,271 |
| New York | #1,756 | 7 | 1 in 13,182 |
| California | #2,169 | 10 | 1 in 20,908 |
| Texas | #2,294 | 8 | 1 in 19,789 |
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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.
See more about Lilyan
- 104 spots since 2024 (#3,963 → #4,067)
- 1,487 spots since 2020 (#2,580 → #4,067)
- 1,915 spots since 2015 (#2,152 → #4,067)
- Biggest jump: 420 spots in 1906 (#1,162 → #742)
- Biggest drop: 260 spots in 1908 (#710 → #970)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1915 at #593 (120 births)
- Births halved by 1921, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1906–1921
- Highest: 1 in 8,199 girls born in 1915 were named Lilyan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 45,922 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 28.4% of all girls named Lilyan (1,232) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 29 | #1,098 (1898) | #1,319 |
| 1900s | 164 | #710 (1907) | #978 |
| 1910s | 849 | #593 (1915) | #656 |
| 1920s | 321 | #857 (1920) | #1,759 |
| 1930s | 162 | #1,394 (1931) | #2,198 |
| 1940s | 59 | #2,532 (1941) | #3,584 |
| 1950s | 33 | #4,467 (1956) | #4,914 |
| 1960s | 11 | #6,042 (1967) | #6,291 |
| 1970s | 10 | #8,324 (1971) | #8,988 |
| 1980s | 22 | #8,778 (1987) | #10,963 |
| 1990s | 122 | #4,088 (1999) | #9,151 |
| 2000s | 1,232 | #1,269 (2007) | #1,905 |
| 2010s | 1,055 | #1,372 (2011) | #2,118 |
| 2020s | 270 | #2,580 (2020) | #3,538 |
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.
Lilyan in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
More about 2012
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1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 11,980 of them was named Lilyan, which outranked 92.3% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,503Keilani148
- #1,503Kelis148
- #1,503Mariella148
- #1,510Lilyan147
- #1,510Arianny147
- #1,510Calliope147
- #1,510Khaleesi147
- #1,518Adelle146
- #1,518Beatrix146
- #1,518Kenleigh146
Tied with 7 names at #1,510; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.