Lillah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LY-la
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Lillah is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Lillah mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Lila; Sanskrit word; also a form of Leila or short for Delilah
Has several independent sources, including Sanskrit lila, play, the Arabic Layla, night, and a short form of Delilah.
Meaning borrowed from Lila. More on Wiktionary.
Is Lillah a girl's or a boy's name?
Lillah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lillah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 150% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Lillah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 8 girls.
In 2025, 1,795 girls in the UK were given Lillah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #14, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Lillah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
How popular is Lillah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 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, 9 girls in the US were named Lillah, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1922.
Half of all the girls named Lillah in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 7,055 girls in the US were given Lillah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #23, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.
Lillah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
Names like Lillah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah Safa Ayah Ayra Zainab Hafsa Liyana Izzah Ayzal Ayla Aaliyah Raya
Other spellings of Lillah
Names related to Lillah
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena
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, “Lillah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lillah, updated 20 October 2026.