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Girl's name · #560 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave
Lilian reached its best rank, #367, in 1882 and ranked #560 in 2025. About 20,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#195 in Sweden (2025) · #334 in Austria (2025) · #535 in England & Wales (2025) · #568 in Mexico (2024) · #688 in Netherlands (2025) · #720 in Ecuador (2025) · #759 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,218 in Belgium (2025) · #507 in Canada (2024).
Among 666 notable people named Lilian:
Entertainers appear 1.44× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lilian Harvey, Anglo-German actress and singer.
Lilian is the less common spelling of Lillian — about 12% of babies given the name are written this way; Lillian itself ranked #57 in 2025.
About 6,100 girls a year are given Lily as their full name and 1,300 Lilly.
Similar names: Lilliana · Emelia · Lillie · Allie · Jillian · Lyric
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