Lilyan
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Lilyan is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Lilyan mean?
Latin
A female given name from Latin, a less common spelling of Lilian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Lilyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Lilyan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lilyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 183% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Lilyan, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lilyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 girls in the UK were given Lilyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #725, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
- Lily-Ann 16
- Lilly-Ann 14
- Lily-Anne 10
- Lilly-Anne 7
- Lilyan 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Lilyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Lilyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,066th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Lilyan, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,580th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 194 girls. It first appears in the records in 1895.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Lilyan than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Lilyan in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 182 girls in the US were given Lilyan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,121, up from #4,066 for this spelling alone.
Lilyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,831 |
| 2022 | 51 | #3,170 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 66 | #2,580 |
| 2019 | 49 | #3,221 |
| 2018 | 50 | #3,200 |
| 2017 | 72 | #2,487 |
| 2016 | 81 | #2,321 |
| 2015 | 88 | #2,152 |
| 2014 | 104 | #1,922 |
| 2013 | 142 | #1,539 |
| 2012 | 147 | #1,510 |
| 2011 | 167 | #1,372 |
| 2010 | 155 | #1,456 |
| 2009 | 185 | #1,307 |
| 2008 | 193 | #1,286 |
| 2007 | 194 | #1,269 |
| 2006 | 147 | #1,495 |
| 2005 | 127 | #1,598 |
| 2004 | 123 | #1,592 |
| 2003 | 101 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 72 | #2,260 |
| 2001 | 56 | #2,659 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,694 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,999 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,556 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,520 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,393 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,010 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,513 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,747 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,566 |
| 1923 | 33 | #1,388 |
| 1922 | 41 | #1,207 |
| 1921 | 58 | #969 |
| 1920 | 71 | #857 |
| 1919 | 77 | #800 |
| 1918 | 124 | #640 |
| 1917 | 121 | #621 |
| 1916 | 123 | #606 |
| 1915 | 120 | #593 |
| 1914 | 84 | #629 |
| 1913 | 63 | #651 |
| 1912 | 60 | #639 |
| 1911 | 43 | #659 |
| 1910 | 34 | #723 |
| 1909 | 26 | #791 |
| 1908 | 17 | #970 |
| 1907 | 28 | #710 |
| 1906 | 24 | #742 |
| 1905 | 11 | #1,162 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 12 | #1,027 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,075 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,136 |
| 1900 | 17 | #917 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,098 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,167 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
Names like Lilyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luna, Lyla, Hallie, Mabel, Phoebe, Alba, Nora, Clara, Nova, Rosie, Evelyn, Lillian
Other spellings of Lilyan
Lily-Ann, Lilly-Ann, Lily-Anne, Lilly-Anne, Lilyann, Lillyann, Lillyan
Names related to Lilyan
Liliana, Lilian, Leilani, Lilianna, Lilliana, Lilyana, Leilany
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Emilia, Max, Lucy, Julian, Anthony, Austin, Felix, Camila, Rose
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, “Lilyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lilyan, updated 20 October 2026.