girls:
1.9k births since 1918
#3894 (32nd percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1918
#5854 (24th percentile)
The name Lillith is the #5,854 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,909 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 24.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,894 (31.9% percentile) for all time with 1,909 births since 1918.
Lillith first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (first recorded for girls in 1918). Birth data for Lillith is available in 33 out of the 106 years between 1918 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Lillith reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 11.4% percentile (ranked #829) with 63 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 63 births per million (ranked 11.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1997, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lillith is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #841 (11.2% percentile) with 63 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lillith".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Lillith. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Lillith is pronounced as LIH-lihth, which has 2 syllables.
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