Lilith
Girl · LIL-ith · Hebrew
Lilith is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “night spirit”. In 2025 it ranked 375th for girls in the UK (126 babies) and 277th for girls in the US (1,111 babies).
What does Lilith mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew, from Akkadian lilitu
“night spirit”
In Jewish folklore Lilith was Adam's first wife, who left Eden; the word appears once in the Bible, in Isaiah 34.
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Is Lilith a girl's or a boy's name?
Lilith is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 126 girls in the UK and 1,111 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lilith in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #375among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 126about 1 in 2,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 89% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 126 girls in the UK were named Lilith, making it the 375th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 493rd.
2025 had the most girls named Lilith of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Lilith in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 135 girls in the UK were given Lilith or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #365, up from #375 for this spelling alone.
- Lilith 126
- Lillith 9
Among girls in 2025, it was 357th in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.
Lilith in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 126 | #375 |
| 2024 | 115 | #414 |
| 2023 | 123 | #384 |
| 2022 | 97 | #477 |
| 2021 | 80 | #553 |
| 2020 | 89 | #493 |
| 2019 | 56 | #753 |
| 2018 | 48 | #849 |
| 2017 | 48 | #865 |
| 2016 | 47 | #864 |
| 2015 | 41 | #960 |
| 2014 | 36 | #1,053 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,365 |
| 2012 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 2011 | 33 | #1,117 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Lilith in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #277among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,111about 1 in 1,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,111 girls in the US were named Lilith, making it the 277th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 316th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 1,300 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.
2025 had fewer girls named Lilith than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Lilith in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,252 girls in the US were given Lilith or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #274, up from #277 for this spelling alone.
Lilith in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,111 | #277 |
| 2024 | 1,252 | #255 |
| 2023 | 1,300 | #232 |
| 2022 | 1,182 | #269 |
| 2021 | 1,165 | #268 |
| 2020 | 1,007 | #316 |
| 2019 | 771 | #402 |
| 2018 | 604 | #519 |
| 2017 | 639 | #488 |
| 2016 | 584 | #534 |
| 2015 | 515 | #586 |
| 2014 | 453 | #630 |
| 2013 | 323 | #828 |
| 2012 | 327 | #823 |
| 2011 | 282 | #922 |
| 2010 | 254 | #991 |
| 2009 | 221 | #1,146 |
| 2008 | 187 | #1,320 |
| 2007 | 160 | #1,459 |
| 2006 | 134 | #1,597 |
| 2005 | 130 | #1,565 |
| 2004 | 115 | #1,683 |
| 2003 | 116 | #1,651 |
| 2002 | 103 | #1,748 |
| 2001 | 98 | #1,804 |
| 2000 | 89 | #1,896 |
| 1999 | 89 | #1,783 |
| 1998 | 63 | #2,241 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,339 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
Nicknames for Lilith
- Lily 2,538 girls in the UK in 2025
- Lil
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