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Lilah

Gender
Girl
Say it
LY-la
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#101 for girls
US rank, 2025
#179 for girls

Lilah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 101st for girls in the UK (527 babies) and 179th for girls in the US (1,736 babies).

What does Lilah mean?

Hebrew: short form of Delilah; also linked to Lila and Layla

Often treated as a short form of Delilah, but also used as a spelling of Lila or Layla.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Lilah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 527 girls in the UK and 1,736 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lilah in the UK?

Rank in 2025
101st among girls
Babies in 2025
527 about 1 in 530 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 114% in five years
Same name in a class
2.6% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 527 girls in the UK were named Lilah, making it the 101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 200th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 579 girls.

Half of all the girls named Lilah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,795 girls in the UK were given Lilah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #14, up from #101 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 99th in England and Wales, 100th in Scotland and 111th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 579 in 20232025
Lilah in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025527#101
2024474#116
2023579#92
2022497#113
2021330#176
2020275#200
2019247#218
2018217#251
2017259#218
2016209#271
2015192#282
2014208#264
2013183#285
2012118#430
201186#535
201077#572
200953#752
200857#703
200750#733
200631#1,000
200522#1,215
200421#1,194
200314#1,564
20027#2,436
20017#2,341
20005#2,907
19990–
19984#3,310
19970–
19964#3,289

How popular is Lilah in the US?

Rank in 2025
179th among girls
Babies in 2025
1,736 about 1 in 930 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 38% in five years
Same name in a class
1.5% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,736 girls in the US were named Lilah, making it the 179th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 240th. It first appears in the records in 1884.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Lilah of any year since it first appeared, in 1884.

Half of all the girls named Lilah in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 7,055 girls in the US were given Lilah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #23, up from #179 for this spelling alone.

1884Busiest: 1,736 in 20252025
Lilah in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,736#179
20241,690#179
20231,503#198
20221,364#219
20211,250#244
20201,258#240
20191,153#287
20181,155#287
20171,177#272
20161,093#299
20151,032#314
20141,051#316
20131,049#304
20121,032#310
20111,046#306
2010964#336
2009885#366
2008774#416
2007525#571
2006308#864
2005223#1,067
2004167#1,277
2003162#1,283
2002133#1,431
2001106#1,697
200091#1,865
199969#2,179
199847#2,795
199730#3,713
199637#3,144
199515#5,953
199415#5,978
199318#5,200
199212#7,060
199111#7,423
199017#5,281
198912#6,525
198812#6,272
198718#4,471
198618#4,344
198518#4,280
198410#6,290
198317#4,285
198217#4,346
198114#4,962
198012#5,543
197912#5,426
197825#3,098
197713#4,941
197617#3,811
197513#4,591
197410#5,359
197311#4,869
19727#6,556
19715#8,322
19708#5,817
19697#5,972
19688#5,146
19675#6,803
19660–
19657#5,288
19640–
196315#3,335
196211#4,010
19617#5,308
19600–
19596#5,565
19587#4,889
195710#3,929
19569#4,160
19555#5,826
19548#4,276
195310#3,686
19529#3,795
195110#3,481
19500–
19497#4,234
194810#3,349
194710#3,446
19467#3,993
19458#3,386
19449#3,138
19439#3,248
194211#2,815
194121#1,750
194010#2,736
193911#2,590
193821#1,703
193713#2,317
193612#2,385
193511#2,573
193414#2,186
193312#2,403
193210#2,829
193115#2,104
193027#1,498
192921#1,765
192823#1,737
192722#1,827
192625#1,666
192535#1,347
192428#1,612
192325#1,672
192230#1,508
192141#1,205
192034#1,349
191931#1,393
191821#1,805
191735#1,219
191638#1,147
191528#1,339
191430#1,098
191330#981
191213#1,540
191115#1,171
191013#1,267
190913#1,152
190812#1,203
190712#1,142
19069#1,321
190512#1,093
19047#1,485
190314#931
190210#1,133
190120#723
190011#1,170
189917#791
189815#886
189712#931
18966#1,416
189518#746
189416#744
189312#865
189211#908
189111#839
18907#1,099
18897#1,024
18880–
18875#1,147
18868#828
18855#1,047
18847#851

Names like Lilah

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Delilah, Luna, Lyra, Bella, Myla, Zara, Ava, Lily, Isla, Willow, Mila, Maisie

Other spellings of Lilah

Lyla, Lila, Lylah, Lillah, Lylla

Names related to Lilah

Leila, Laila, Lilia, Lillia, Lailah, Lilya, Leilah

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Lilah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lilah, updated 20 October 2026.