girl's name

Lilla

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 5,101

Scotland

#846

2014 births

Lilla is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 26 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 1918, when 85 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 127,518 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Lilla 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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Births named Lilla by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 408
1890s 465
1900s 431
1910s 587
1920s 657
1930s 389
1940s 289
1950s 158
1960s 108
1970s 64
1980s 26
1990s 55
2000s 277
2010s 373
2020s (to 2025) 153

How popular is Lilla?

In 2025, Lilla was given to 26 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Lilla is used

Scotland #846 3 in 2014
Ireland #931 3 in 2019
Canada #2,719 7 in 2023
England & Wales #3,829 6 in 2024
United States #4,996 26 in 2025
France #6,084 5 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

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 Lilla

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Lilla also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lilla over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Lilla

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Lilla — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Lilla

How popular is the name Lilla?

In 2025, Lilla was given to 26 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Lilla a girl's or a boy's name?

Lilla is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Lilla?

Lilla has 2 syllables.

When was Lilla most popular?

Lilla peaked in 1918, when 85 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Lilla a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lilla currently ranks #4,996 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.