Lilac
Girl · LY-lak · English
Lilac is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “the lilac flower”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Lilac mean?
English: flower name, ultimately from Persian nilak, bluish
“the lilac flower”
The flower's name came via French and Arabic from Persian nilak, 'bluish', from nil, 'indigo'.
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Is Lilac a girl's or a boy's name?
Lilac is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lilac in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Lilac, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lilac in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Lilac in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Lilac in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Lilac, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Lilac in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lilac in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,516 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
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