Lilia: Meaning of Baby Name Lilia

Lilia Popularity Snapshot

Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 13,995 baby girls have been named Lilia. The name peaked in 2007 with 308 US births that year (rank #898). In 2024, ranked #920 nationally.

Top States for Lilia

Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Lilia births are: California (3,624), Texas (2,827), Illinois (676).

Other Russian-Origin Names Like Lilia

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5-Letter Names Starting with L

Names with Lilia's exact length and starting letter: Laban, Labib, Labid, Lacee, Lacey.

Quick Facts About Lilia

34

Russian baby names in our dictionary

25

Russian female names

196

5-letter L-names in our dictionary

530

L-female names total

2004–2025

years of US SSA records (15 total)

4,342

total US births named Lilia (all years)

US Popularity History (2004–2025)

🔥 Rising fast: Lilia climbed 101 places in the US girls ranking over the last 2 years (#960 in 2023 → #859 in 2025).

Annual US births named Lilia by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 315 girls named Lilia (girl rank #859 that year).

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Where in the US Is Lilia Most Popular?

Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Lilia the strongest states are Hawaii, Utah, Washington.

Strongest girls-name states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	Hawaii	#156	33
2	Utah	#575	21
3	Washington	#712	67
4	Massachusetts	#724	50
5	New Jersey	#725	74
6	Arizona	#745	35
7	Virginia	#751	42
8	New York	#782	129
9	Illinois	#791	80
10	California	#795	374

Weakest girls-name states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	Florida	#967	64
2	Pennsylvania	#928	50
3	Minnesota	#822	31
4	Michigan	#816	29
5	Colorado	#810	20
6	California	#795	374
7	Illinois	#791	80
8	New York	#782	129
9	Virginia	#751	42
10	Arizona	#745	35

Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Lilia in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.

Variant Forms

Name	Meaning	Gender	Origin
Lila	Feminine Of Lyle From The Island. Variant Of Delilah.	Female	English
Lili	The Flower Lily Is A Symbol Of Innocence: Purity And Beauty.	Female	French
Lilli	The Flower Lily Is A Symbol Of Innocence: Purity And Beauty.	Female	German
Lillie	The Flower Lily Is A Symbol Of Innocence: Purity And Beauty.	Female	English
Lilly	The Flower Lily Is A Symbol Of Innocence: Purity And Beauty.	Female	English

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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Lilia against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).

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