Lilliam
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIL-ee-um
- Origin
- Latin
Lilliam is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “lily”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Lilliam mean?
Latin: variant of Lillian
“lily”
A variant of Lillian, a name traditionally linked to the lily, a symbol of purity.
Is Lilliam a girl's or a boy's name?
Lilliam is a girls' name.
How popular is Lilliam in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1966, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1886.
Half of all the girls named Lilliam in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lilliam in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,062 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,208 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,198 |
| 1968 | 21 | #2,789 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 23 | #2,518 |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,148 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,243 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,591 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 16 | #3,094 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,724 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 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 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,509 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,154 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,219 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,167 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,332 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
Nicknames for Lilliam
- Lily 2,538 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lilliam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Laura, Loretta, Lucy, Estella, Julia, Lydia, Elizabeth, Miriam, Beatrice, Celia, Lettie, Leona
Names related to Lilliam
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Julian, Clara
Sources
Figures from 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, “Lilliam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lilliam, updated 20 October 2026.