How Many People Are Named Lilian?
people named Lilian are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 18,834 people in the US has this name
Based on 20,470 babies named Lilian in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
786 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Portuguese variant of LILLIAN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lilian in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lilian alive today is about 18 years old, and 86% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lilian first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2007, to 786 babies. In 2025, 537 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lilian has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #367, in 1882. In 2025 it ranked #560.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #560 |
| Best rank | #367 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #527 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lilian alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lilian were born in California than in any other state: about 3,125 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lilian was given 1.4 times as often in California and 1.2 times in Minnesota.
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