Lyllian
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIL-ee-un
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Lyllian is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Lyllian mean?
English: variant of Lillian
Variant of Lillian, a name that probably began as a pet form of Elizabeth and was later linked with the lily.
Is Lyllian a girl's or a boy's name?
Lyllian is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lyllian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 74% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Lyllian, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1923.
Half of all the girls named Lyllian in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,662 girls in the US were given Lyllian or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #57, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Lyllian in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 44 | #3,547 |
| 2013 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2012 | 40 | #3,853 |
| 2011 | 41 | #3,722 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,960 |
| 2009 | 45 | #3,560 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 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 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
Nicknames for Lyllian
- Lily 2,538 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lyllian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Londyn Emerson Addison Leighton Madison Lily Madisson Hayden Legacy Adalynn Lennon Ocean
Other spellings of Lyllian
Lillian Lilian Lilliann Lillianne Liliane Lilianne Liliann Lillien Lylian Lilien
Names related to Lyllian
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, “Lyllian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lyllian, updated 20 October 2026.