girls:
13.7k births since 1884
#1323 (77th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1988
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
13.7k births since 1884
#2235 (71st percentile)
The name Lilia is the #2,235 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 13,711 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 71.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 71.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,323 (76.9% percentile) for all time with 13,706 births since 1884. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1988.
Lilia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (1884 for girls and 1988 for boys). Birth data for Lilia is available in 134 out of the 140 years between 1884 and 2023 (134 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lilia has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Lilia reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 31.6% percentile (ranked #643) with 157 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 157 births per million (ranked 31.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lilia is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #687 (27.5% percentile) with 154 births per million.
For boys, Lilia reached its peak popularity in 1988, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #726) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1988, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1988.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lilia".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lilia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.3% confident that Lilia is pronounced as LIH-lee-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LEE-lee-uh, at 23.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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