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Lillian
Rank in 2024
#54
Born in 2024
3,882
Peak year
1920 · #18
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
Vintage revivalIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 3,882 girls were named Lillian, about 1 in every 416.
- It peaked in 1920 with 10,049 babies, ranked #18.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 471,024 girls have been named Lillian since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Lillian per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 8.6Greatest1901–27
- 3.1Silent1928–45
- 0.9Boomers1946–64
- 0.4Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 2.6Gen Z1997–12
- 3.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 175,890 babies, 8.59 per 1,000. Silent: 63,685 babies, 3.08 per 1,000. Boomers: 31,098 babies, 0.87 per 1,000. Gen X: 10,200 babies, 0.40 per 1,000. Millennials: 10,807 babies, 0.38 per 1,000. Gen Z: 75,753 babies, 2.61 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 64,801 babies, 3.19 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, of American usage; variant form Lilian (UK).
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Lillian, CC BY-SA 4.0.