How Many People Are Named Lila?

46,847

people named Lila are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 7,295 people in the US has this name

Based on 76,550 babies named Lila in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#962

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#493

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Peak Year

2010

1,969 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Lila in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Lila alive today is about 26 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 33 in 2025.

Under 30 34,726
74.1%
30 to 59 3,577
7.6%
60 and over 8,544
18.2%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Lila first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2010, to 1,969 babies. In 2025, 1,670 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Lila has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #155, in 2010. In 2025 it ranked #187.

Girls
Rank in 2025#187
Best rank#155 (2010)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#190 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Lila alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Lila were born in California than in any other state: about 4,445 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lila was given 2.7 times as often in South Dakota, 2.6 times in North Dakota and 2 times in Idaho.

California 4,445
New York 3,360
Texas 3,019
Pennsylvania 1,799
Florida 1,781
Illinois 1,766
Ohio 1,725
Michigan 1,641
North Carolina 1,502
Massachusetts 1,353
Georgia 1,346
Minnesota 1,116
Washington 1,079
Virginia 1,048
Tennessee 979
Indiana 961
New Jersey 932
Wisconsin 888
South Carolina 883
Colorado 838
Alabama 800
Missouri 797
Maryland 649
Iowa 632
Kentucky 627
Utah 600
Connecticut 591
Oregon 584
Louisiana 574
Kansas 566
Arizona 555
Oklahoma 487
Arkansas 363
Nebraska 350
Mississippi 341
West Virginia 289
Idaho 266
Maine 236
South Dakota 214
District of Columbia 196
North Dakota 192
Nevada 180
Montana 178
Rhode Island 169
New Hampshire 156
New Mexico 122
Vermont 99
Hawaii 68
Delaware 49
Alaska 42
Wyoming 17

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