Lilo
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LEE-loh
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,211 for girls
Lilo is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 3,211th for girls in the US (49 babies).
What does Lilo mean?
Hawaiian: Hawaiian word; also a German pet form of Liselotte
Made familiar by Lilo, the young heroine of Disney's Lilo and Stitch (2002).
Is Lilo a girl's or a boy's name?
Lilo is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 49 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lilo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Lilo, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th.
2025 had the most girls named Lilo of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the girls named Lilo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 26 girls in the UK were given Lilo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,139, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Lilo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
How popular is Lilo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,211among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 49about 1 in 33,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were named Lilo, making it the 3,211th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,675th. It first appears in the records in 1955.
2025 had the most girls named Lilo of any year since it first appeared, in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Lilo in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 158 girls in the US were given Lilo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,241, up from #3,211 for this spelling alone.
Lilo in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #3,211 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,524 |
| 2022 | 44 | #3,535 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 40 | #3,675 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 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 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
Names like Lilo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luna Lyra Isla Harper Freya Mila Lyla Esme Indie Poppy Willow Dua
Other spellings of Lilo
Names related to Lilo
More Hawaiian names
Kai Leilani Koa Kailani Kalani Nalani Makai Keanu Koah Meilani Kailany Leilany Laylani Kaleo Lani Luana
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, “Lilo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lilo, updated 20 October 2026.