How Many People Are Named Lilac?
people named Lilac are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 926,246 people in the US has this name
Based on 371 babies named Lilac in Social Security records from 1979 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
44 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of the shrub with purple or white flowers. It is derived via Arabic from Persian.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lilac in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lilac alive today is about 8 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 12 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lilac first appears in the records in 1979 and was given most often in 2024, to 44 babies. In 2025, 35 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1979 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lilac has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,551, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #4,130.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,130 |
| Best rank | #3,551 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,668 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lilac alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lilac were born in California than in any other state: about 21 of those alive today.
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