Lilla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIL-a
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Lilla is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Lilla mean?
Pet form of names such as Lillian; also Swedish lilla, little
The Hungarian poet Mihaly Csokonai Vitez addressed a famous cycle of love poems to Julia Vajda under the name Lilla.
Is Lilla a girl's or a boy's name?
Lilla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lilla in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lilla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lilla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,544 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,829 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
How popular is Lilla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,986th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Lilla, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 85 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lilla in the US since 1880 were born between 1905 and 1955. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Lilla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,005 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,303 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,766 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 44 | #3,511 |
| 2012 | 51 | #3,212 |
| 2011 | 41 | #3,722 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,457 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,591 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,838 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,172 |
| 1952 | 24 | #2,073 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,967 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,534 |
| 1949 | 22 | #2,068 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,900 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,544 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,969 |
| 1945 | 38 | #1,291 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,807 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,491 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,533 |
| 1941 | 36 | #1,271 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,477 |
| 1939 | 36 | #1,221 |
| 1938 | 40 | #1,140 |
| 1937 | 28 | #1,389 |
| 1936 | 39 | #1,135 |
| 1935 | 34 | #1,219 |
| 1934 | 46 | #1,019 |
| 1933 | 41 | #1,085 |
| 1932 | 40 | #1,130 |
| 1931 | 40 | #1,127 |
| 1930 | 45 | #1,101 |
| 1929 | 41 | #1,159 |
| 1928 | 52 | #1,041 |
| 1927 | 56 | #1,023 |
| 1926 | 72 | #873 |
| 1925 | 53 | #1,037 |
| 1924 | 75 | #864 |
| 1923 | 75 | #845 |
| 1922 | 81 | #808 |
| 1921 | 76 | #848 |
| 1920 | 76 | #825 |
| 1919 | 66 | #858 |
| 1918 | 85 | #777 |
| 1917 | 67 | #834 |
| 1916 | 74 | #789 |
| 1915 | 58 | #856 |
| 1914 | 62 | #726 |
| 1913 | 52 | #721 |
| 1912 | 47 | #729 |
| 1911 | 37 | #714 |
| 1910 | 39 | #679 |
| 1909 | 27 | #773 |
| 1908 | 40 | #593 |
| 1907 | 44 | #545 |
| 1906 | 41 | #549 |
| 1905 | 54 | #458 |
| 1904 | 36 | #559 |
| 1903 | 40 | #504 |
| 1902 | 49 | #445 |
| 1901 | 43 | #452 |
| 1900 | 57 | #440 |
| 1899 | 42 | #449 |
| 1898 | 39 | #491 |
| 1897 | 46 | #432 |
| 1896 | 55 | #383 |
| 1895 | 47 | #411 |
| 1894 | 49 | #399 |
| 1893 | 43 | #408 |
| 1892 | 55 | #358 |
| 1891 | 44 | #377 |
| 1890 | 45 | #373 |
| 1889 | 40 | #381 |
| 1888 | 56 | #320 |
| 1887 | 27 | #424 |
| 1886 | 52 | #285 |
| 1885 | 43 | #306 |
| 1884 | 36 | #326 |
| 1883 | 43 | #273 |
| 1882 | 44 | #262 |
| 1881 | 32 | #279 |
| 1880 | 35 | #261 |
Names like Lilla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada, Lottie, Ella, Lola, Eva, Matilda, Etta, Elsie, Clara, Martha, Lina, Millie
Names related to Lilla
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, “Lilla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lilla, updated 20 October 2026.