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Lilia

Gender
Girl
Say it
LIL-ee-a
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#474 for girls
US rank, 2025
#859 for girls

Lilia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “lily”. In 2025 it ranked 474th for girls in the UK (93 babies) and 859th for girls in the US (315 babies).

What does Lilia mean?

Latin: from Latin lilium

“lily”

From the Latin for lily, and used as a flower name in Italian, Spanish and, as Liliya, in Russian.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Lilia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 93 girls in the UK and 315 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lilia in the UK?

Rank in 2025
474th among girls
Babies in 2025
93 about 1 in 3,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 93 girls in the UK were named Lilia, making it the 474th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 475th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 312 girls.

Half of all the girls named Lilia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 128 girls in the UK were given Lilia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #374, up from #474 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 468th in England and Wales and 387th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 312 in 20072025
Lilia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202593#474
2024102#456
202387#502
202293#489
2021101#469
202093#475
2019101#466
2018123#399
201785#550
2016115#431
2015125#407
2014131#378
2013141#363
2012136#385
2011173#314
2010193#281
2009213#252
2008250#231
2007312#195
2006213#248
2005128#345
200432#910
200315#1,492
200213#1,553
200115#1,398
20006#2,554
19999#1,921
19986#2,535
19979#1,927
199616#1,244

How popular is Lilia in the US?

Rank in 2025
859th among girls
Babies in 2025
315 about 1 in 5,100 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 30% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 315 girls in the US were named Lilia, making it the 859th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,152nd. It first appears in the records in 1884.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Lilia of any year since it first appeared, in 1884.

Half of all the girls named Lilia in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 394 girls in the US were given Lilia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #709, up from #859 for this spelling alone.

1884Busiest: 315 in 20252025
Lilia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025315#859
2024290#914
2023271#960
2022260#1,007
2021249#1,020
2020205#1,152
2019223#1,101
2018245#1,048
2017233#1,087
2016268#989
2015284#955
2014291#923
2013280#912
2012302#881
2011304#862
2010304#873
2009298#909
2008293#930
2007308#896
2006281#934
2005228#1,046
2004256#937
2003224#1,026
2002217#1,007
2001193#1,095
2000194#1,063
1999181#1,097
1998167#1,132
1997190#1,012
1996149#1,202
1995128#1,298
1994132#1,282
1993119#1,372
1992137#1,256
1991138#1,229
1990144#1,182
1989137#1,184
1988105#1,353
198798#1,380
1986110#1,241
198598#1,338
198499#1,272
1983118#1,132
1982134#1,069
1981144#1,009
1980138#1,034
1979143#995
1978110#1,154
1977135#999
1976134#949
1975154#868
1974158#834
1973146#878
1972114#1,022
1971131#967
1970128#979
1969101#1,100
1968101#1,031
196788#1,119
196677#1,225
196590#1,109
1964100#1,091
196394#1,126
196286#1,184
196199#1,101
196087#1,164
195991#1,117
195886#1,142
195790#1,099
195666#1,278
195572#1,174
195475#1,139
195370#1,154
195256#1,268
195162#1,182
195044#1,374
194954#1,235
194855#1,222
194743#1,412
194637#1,438
194534#1,373
194422#1,807
194325#1,702
194231#1,471
194132#1,355
194019#1,845
193927#1,424
193832#1,288
193739#1,144
193653#941
193540#1,101
193445#1,035
193348#999
193272#801
193154#941
193073#831
192960#922
192890#750
192764#935
192662#952
192549#1,089
192463#962
192348#1,101
192264#917
192129#1,543
192061#931
191937#1,242
191830#1,411
191737#1,183
191631#1,298
191526#1,405
191429#1,119
191319#1,308
191216#1,352
19110–
191013#1,267
190910#1,369
190812#1,203
190717#923
190613#1,043
190511#1,162
190413#1,001
190311#1,076
190213#972
19018#1,227
19007#1,560
18997#1,277
18980–
18970–
18960–
18957#1,299
18946#1,352
18936#1,277
18925#1,450
18910–
18905#1,337
18897#1,024
18887#1,036
18875#1,147
18865#1,108
18850–
18846#930

Nicknames for Lilia

Names like Lilia

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

Lucia, Olivia, Emilia, Livia, Aurora, Sophia, Fatima, Liana, Lyla, Natalia, Mia, Alba

Other spellings of Lilia

Lillia, Lilliah, Liliah, Lylia

Names related to Lilia

Lilah, Lillie, Lila, Leila, Laila, Lili, Lilli

More Latin names

Oliver, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin

Every Latin 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, “Lilia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lilia, updated 20 October 2026.