Lilja
Girl · LIL-ya · Scandinavian
Lilja is a girls' name of Scandinavian origin, meaning “lily”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Lilja mean?
Scandinavian: Nordic word for lily
“lily”
In Icelandic, Swedish and Finnish, lilja is the everyday word for the lily flower.
- Say it
- LIL-ya
Is Lilja a girl's or a boy's name?
Lilja is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lilja in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Lilja, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2012, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lilja in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Lilja in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
How popular is Lilja in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Lilja, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Lilja in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lilja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
Names like Lilja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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