girl's name
Lilia
LEE-lee-ah
- Origin Latin
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 3
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 32,186
the United States
#860
2025 births
Lilia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "lily," and it is also a separate Arabic and Slavic name that the spelling merges. It ranks 192nd in France and 860th in the United States.
- Lilia is a name of Latin origin.
- Peaked in 2025, when 315 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 10,525 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1884.
- 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Lilia over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 |
| 1890s | 36 |
| 1900s | 115 |
| 1910s | 238 |
| 1920s | 590 |
| 1930s | 483 |
| 1940s | 352 |
| 1950s | 712 |
| 1960s | 923 |
| 1970s | 1,353 |
| 1980s | 1,186 |
| 1990s | 1,485 |
| 2000s | 2,492 |
| 2010s | 2,734 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 1,590 |
What Lilia means
Lilia means lily, from the Latin lilium — the flower that stands for purity in Christian art. A separate Arabic Lila or Leila, meaning night, and a Slavic Liliya feed the same spelling with different senses.
Where Lilia comes from
Lilia is a form of the Latin lilium, the lily, which has been the emblem of purity in Christian art since the Middle Ages and appears in almost every painting of the Annunciation, held by Gabriel. The name is standard in Italian, Spanish, Russian and Ukrainian use as Liliya. Two other names crowd the same spelling: the Arabic Layla or Leila, meaning night, which is the name of the beloved in the Layla and Majnun story that Nizami made into one of the great Persian romances; and Lilith, a Mesopotamian night demon who entered Jewish tradition as Adam's first wife, from a root meaning night — related to Layla at a distant Semitic level but a wholly different figure. Families choosing Lilia may mean any of the three.
Lilia in use
Lilia ranks 192nd in France with about 305 births in 2025 and 860th in the United States with 315 births, and it is stable, with its peak in our records in 2025. Our records carry it from 1884. It appears in every market we hold except Northern Ireland — 472nd in England and Wales, 626th in Scotland, 868th in Ireland — which is wide reach for a name this crowded with sources.
How popular is Lilia?
In 2025, Lilia was given to 315 babies in the United States, ranking #860 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Lilia is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Lilia
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Lilia also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lilia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Lilia in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Lilia
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Lilia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Lilia
What does the name Lilia mean?
Lilia means "lily," from the Latin lilium — though the spelling also carries an Arabic name meaning night.
Is Lilia related to Leila?
Not in origin. Leila is Arabic for night; Lilia is the Latin flower. The spellings converge in modern use.
Is Lilith related?
Lilith comes from a root meaning night, distantly related to Layla — but she is a separate figure entirely.
How popular is Lilia?
192nd in France and 860th in the United States.
Is Lilia a girl's or a boy's name?
Lilia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Lilia?
Lilia has 3 syllables.
Is Lilia a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lilia currently ranks #192 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.