Liliya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LEE-lee-yah
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Liliya is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “lily”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Liliya mean?
Latin: Russian, Ukrainian and Tatar form of Lilia
“lily”
Is Liliya a girl's or a boy's name?
Liliya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Liliya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Liliya, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Liliya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Liliya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
How popular is Liliya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Liliya, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Liliya in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Liliya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
Nicknames for Liliya
- Lilya 12 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Liliya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Amira Safiya Zainab Hafsa Khadija Ayah Hiba Amaya Aliya Liyana
Names related to Liliya
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
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, “Liliya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/liliya, updated 20 October 2026.