girl's name

Lillien

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 328

Lillien is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2007, when 20 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 552,792 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1918.

Lillien over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s 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 Lillien by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 8
1920s 10
2000s 124
2010s 152
2020s (to 2025) 31

How popular is Lillien?

In 2025, Lillien was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Lillien is used

England & Wales #6,791 3 in 2022
United States #14,165 6 in 2025

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 Lillien

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

Parents who like Lillien also like

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

Sibling names for Lillien

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

Common questions about Lillien

How popular is the name Lillien?

In 2025, Lillien was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Lillien is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Lillien most popular?

Lillien peaked in 2007, when 20 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Lillien a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lillien currently ranks #14,165 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.