Lila
Lila is ranked 207th among girls in 2024 (1,475 births). Its best rank was 155th, in 2010.
- Rank in 2024
- #207up 6 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,4750.09% of girls
- Peak year
- 20101,969 births
- Best rank
- #155in 2010
- Since 1880
- 74,807people given the name
The story in the numbers
74,807 girls have been named Lila in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2010, with 1,969 births — 0.11% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 184 → 207).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 2010s alone account for 22%. It has spent 122 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lila | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 691 | |
| 1890s | 1,673 | |
| 1900s | 2,337 | |
| 1910s | 5,567 | |
| 1920s | 10,304 | |
| 1930s | 7,840 | |
| 1940s | 4,408 | |
| 1950s | 3,569 | |
| 1960s | 1,905 | |
| 1970s | 1,234 | |
| 1980s | 1,255 | |
| 1990s | 1,559 | |
| 2000s | 9,035 | |
| 2010s | 16,566 | |
| 2020s | 6,864 |
In 2010, its biggest year
Lila was the 155th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2010 were Isabella, Sophia, Emma, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2010.
Names that rose and fell with Lila
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Vedapeak 2024
- Willapeak 2019
- Evalynpeak 2014
- Annabellpeak 2014
- Adelapeak 2015
- Naomipeak 2024
- Nolapeak 2020
- Magdalenepeak 1923
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.