Lilah

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Lilah is ranked 179th among girls in 2024 (1,685 births). Its best rank was 179th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #179up 19 from 2023
Births in 2024: 1,6850.10% of girls
Peak year: 20241,685 births
Best rank: #179in 2024
Since 1884: 22,916people given the name

Babies named Lilah, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

22,916 girls have been named Lilah in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,685 births — 0.10% of all girls recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 47%. It has spent 32 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Lilah
1880s	32
1890s	125
1900s	120
1910s	254
1920s	284
1930s	146
1940s	102
1950s	74
1960s	60
1970s	121
1980s	149
1990s	271
2000s	3,374
2010s	10,750
2020s	7,054

In 2024, its biggest year

Lilah was the 179th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Lilah

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.