Is Lilian a boy or girl name?
Lilian is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 542 girls and 0 boys were named Lilian, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 19,925 US babies named Lilian were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #558
- Babies named Lilian since 1880
- 19,925
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 786 babies
Boys and girls named Lilian, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 213 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 280 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 282 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 637 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 453 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 173 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 154 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 190 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 315 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 474 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 717 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 1,816 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 5,783 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 5,931 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 2,507 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 542 | #558 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 543 | #558 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 519 | #576 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 464 | #639 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 439 | #656 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 502 | #602 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 494 | #612 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 508 | #589 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 560 | #559 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 641 | #497 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 620 | #504 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 605 | #495 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 675 | #463 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 645 | #462 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 681 | #453 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 728 | #436 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 730 | #435 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 786 | #417 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 724 | #440 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 650 | #474 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 541 | #526 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 497 | #557 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 440 | #587 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 359 | #694 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 328 | #708 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 265 | #820 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 264 | #807 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 213 | #937 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 186 | #1,011 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 151 | #1,155 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 143 | #1,226 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 155 | #1,146 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 129 | #1,307 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 163 | #1,105 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 147 | #1,174 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 97 | #1,492 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 99 | #1,415 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 89 | #1,462 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 62 | #1,828 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 66 | #1,735 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 68 | #1,625 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 60 | #1,784 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 58 | #1,862 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 65 | #1,747 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 53 | #1,995 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 53 | #1,961 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 51 | #1,928 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 40 | #2,286 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 50 | #1,855 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 42 | #2,082 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 61 | #1,569 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 50 | #1,760 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 46 | #1,843 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 39 | #2,129 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 42 | #1,997 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 39 | #2,015 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 38 | #1,962 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 35 | #1,992 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 34 | #2,001 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 30 | #2,185 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 24 | #2,567 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 22 | #2,667 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 25 | #2,442 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 27 | #2,334 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 41 | #1,777 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 30 | #2,087 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 27 | #2,192 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 22 | #2,456 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 18 | #2,780 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 15 | #2,963 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 18 | #2,560 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 8 | #4,318 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 18 | #2,440 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 15 | #2,724 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 16 | #2,582 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 11 | #3,258 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 21 | #2,169 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 12 | #2,970 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 10 | #3,029 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 17 | #2,161 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 21 | #1,926 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 14 | #2,486 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 19 | #1,928 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 13 | #2,371 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 13 | #2,364 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 8 | #3,331 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 17 | #1,922 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 14 | #2,254 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 16 | #2,047 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 23 | #1,578 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 30 | #1,365 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 24 | #1,574 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 20 | #1,845 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 16 | #2,140 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 32 | #1,383 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 31 | #1,472 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 48 | #1,089 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 38 | #1,280 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 42 | #1,236 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 51 | #1,072 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 60 | #963 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 54 | #1,026 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 81 | #810 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 67 | #854 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 105 | #704 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 77 | #789 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 85 | #732 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 75 | #765 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 53 | #799 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 55 | #705 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 53 | #693 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 34 | #748 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 33 | #747 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 30 | #741 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 32 | #688 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 29 | #704 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 28 | #696 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 28 | #676 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 28 | #661 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 36 | #545 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 18 | #836 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 23 | #673 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 30 | #648 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 19 | #745 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 33 | #564 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 26 | #604 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 37 | #482 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 42 | #439 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 22 | #636 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 28 | #525 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 24 | #572 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 28 | #492 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 21 | #575 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 31 | #435 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 22 | #541 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 16 | #573 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 24 | #445 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 22 | #454 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 22 | #432 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 17 | #473 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 24 | #367 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 16 | #425 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 19 | #380 |
Highest rank
Lilian has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #367 in 1882. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2000s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Lilian
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.