Lylah
- #584 for girls in 2025, 503 births
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 556 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,547since 1916
Lylah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lylah has never cracked the top 500 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #584 | 503 |
| 2024 | #544 | 556 |
| 2023 | #603 | 493 |
| 2022 | #581 | 514 |
| 2021 | #581 | 522 |
| 2020 | #594 | 489 |
| 2019 | #635 | 463 |
| 2018 | #633 | 471 |
| 2017 | #641 | 460 |
| 2016 | #694 | 418 |
| 2015 | #629 | 453 |
| 2014 | #615 | 469 |
| 2013 | #640 | 440 |
| 2012 | #633 | 450 |
| 2011 | #642 | 445 |
| 2010 | #761 | 359 |
| 2009 | #827 | 341 |
| 2008 | #1,265 | 197 |
| 2007 | #1,510 | 153 |
| 2006 | #2,229 | 86 |
| 2005 | #3,212 | 48 |
| 2004 | #3,748 | 38 |
| 2003 | #4,109 | 32 |
| 2002 | #4,498 | 27 |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 |
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| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
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| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
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| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 |
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| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 |
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| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 |
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| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five girls were named Lylah! It came in at #3,919, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1918, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lylah is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Louisiana#254 · 1 in 963
- Oklahoma#312 · 1 in 1,137
- Indiana#345 · 1 in 1,395
- Connecticut#393 · 1 in 1,643
- Minnesota#397 · 1 in 1,652
Best ever in a state: #144 in Hawaii, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #254 | 17 | 1 in 963 |
| Oklahoma | #312 | 13 | 1 in 1,137 |
| Indiana | #345 | 20 | 1 in 1,395 |
| Connecticut | #393 | 7 | 1 in 1,643 |
| Minnesota | #397 | 13 | 1 in 1,652 |
| Kansas | #404 | 8 | 1 in 1,476 |
| Colorado | #428 | 13 | 1 in 1,794 |
| Oregon | #429 | 8 | 1 in 1,632 |
| Ohio | #430 | 26 | 1 in 1,818 |
| Kentucky | #443 | 9 | 1 in 1,917 |
| Massachusetts | #444 | 12 | 1 in 2,003 |
| Virginia | #465 | 17 | 1 in 1,985 |
| Washington | #478 | 14 | 1 in 2,061 |
| Tennessee | #479 | 16 | 1 in 2,005 |
| Arkansas | #489 | 6 | 1 in 1,766 |
| Missouri | #556 | 10 | 1 in 2,430 |
| Pennsylvania | #558 | 19 | 1 in 2,457 |
| Iowa | #565 | 5 | 1 in 2,354 |
| Arizona | #578 | 11 | 1 in 2,565 |
| Michigan | #589 | 13 | 1 in 2,749 |
| Illinois | #597 | 16 | 1 in 2,771 |
| North Carolina | #601 | 17 | 1 in 2,734 |
| Texas | #633 | 49 | 1 in 3,276 |
| California | #644 | 48 | 1 in 3,369 |
| Florida | #735 | 22 | 1 in 3,944 |
| South Carolina | #773 | 5 | 1 in 3,658 |
| Wisconsin | #791 | 5 | 1 in 4,052 |
| Georgia | #796 | 12 | 1 in 3,767 |
| Maryland | #840 | 5 | 1 in 3,997 |
| New York | #902 | 17 | 1 in 4,608 |
| New Jersey | #939 | 7 | 1 in 5,071 |
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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
- 40 spots since 2024 (#544 → #584)
- 10 spots since 2020 (#594 → #584)
- Biggest jump: 438 spots in 2009
- Biggest drop: 65 spots in 2016
Rise & fade · girls
108 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 2024 at #544 (556 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 2009–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,914
- Highest: 1 in 2,914 girls born in 2024 were named Lylah (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,195 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 51.8% of all girls named Lylah (4,428) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 12 | #3,919 (1916) | #4,085 |
| 1920s | 26 | #3,097 (1920) | #4,207 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,218 (1933) | #4,218 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 5 | #8,292 (1972) | #8,292 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 30 | #5,896 (1999) | #6,500 |
| 2000s | 964 | #827 (2009) | #3,211 |
| 2010s | 4,428 | #615 (2014) | #652 |
| 2020s | 3,077 | #544 (2024) | #581 |
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.
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