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Lilian
Pronounced /ˈlɪli.ən/
Rank in 2024
#558
Born in 2024
542
Peak year
2007 · #416
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 542 girls were named Lilian, about 1 in every 2,976.
- It peaked in 2007 with 786 babies, ranked #416.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 19,925 girls have been named Lilian since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Lilian per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,294 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Silent: 315 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 389 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 703 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,738 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 8,526 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,437 babies, 0.32 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Used since the sixteenth century, possibly originally a pet form of Elizabeth, but generally accepted as a variant of Late Latin lilium (“lily”).
- A female given name from Latin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˈlɪli.ən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Lilian, CC BY-SA 4.0.