Lylian
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIL-ee-un
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Lylian is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Lylian mean?
English: spelling of Lyllian, itself a variant of Lillian
Variant of Lillian, a name that probably began as a pet form of Elizabeth and was later linked with the lily.
Meaning borrowed from Lyllian.
Is Lylian a girl's or a boy's name?
Lylian is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lylian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Lylian, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2006, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Lylian in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,662 girls in the US were given Lylian or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #57, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Lylian in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
Nicknames for Lylian
- Lily 2,538 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lylian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Londyn Emerson Addison Leighton Legacy Madisson Lennon Adalynn Teagan Hayden Ocean Lily
Other spellings of Lylian
Lillian Lilian Lilliann Lillianne Liliane Lilianne Liliann Lillien Lyllian Lilien
Names related to Lylian
Lilyana Laylani Leylani Lilyanna Lilyann Lillyana Lillyann Lilyan
More English names
Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
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, “Lylian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lylian, updated 20 October 2026.