Lillian

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #57in 2025
  • 1 in 405girls in 2025
  • −34%last ten years
  • 5.0×in Vermont

Most popular in 1898. Quieter now: down 34% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

05,91511,82918801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Lillian, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18807,385
18817,863
18827,696
18838,075
18848,596
18858,590
18868,870
18878,960
18889,271
18899,195
18909,781
18919,769
189210,144
189310,300
189410,950
189510,679
189611,357
189711,456
189811,829
189911,600
190011,388
190111,201
190211,599
190311,345
190411,400
190510,922
190611,151
190711,119
190810,870
190910,356
191010,408
191110,440
19129,976
19139,631
19149,656
19159,703
19169,185
19179,103
19188,626
19198,420
19208,386
19217,923
19227,852
19237,732
19247,287
19256,860
19266,463
19276,023
19285,703
19295,116
19304,838
19314,515
19324,077
19333,967
19343,805
19353,264
19362,996
19372,725
19382,560
19392,326
19402,208
19412,038
19421,843
19431,714
19441,597
19451,543
19461,375
19471,179
19481,246
19491,137
19501,100
19511,014
1952935
1953881
1954838
1955848
1956812
1957784
1958706
1959725
1960709
1961649
1962665
1963603
1964562
1965576
1966521
1967511
1968496
1969458
1970447
1971407
1972408
1973387
1974329
1975311
1976327
1977307
1978260
1979272
1980307
1981311
1982281
1983271
1984278
1985314
1986323
1987305
1988363
1989377
1990380
1991411
1992406
1993407
1994494
1995536
1996643
1997800
1998972
19991,235
20001,432
20011,639
20021,890
20032,206
20042,578
20052,822
20063,280
20073,408
20083,605
20093,735
20103,914
20113,942
20124,072
20134,038
20143,876
20153,713
20163,604
20173,580
20183,273
20193,055
20202,793
20212,638
20222,597
20232,455
20242,403
20252,468

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Vermont 5.0×
  2. West Virginia 3.4×
  3. Maine 3.0×
  4. New Hampshire 2.8×
  5. Alaska 2.6×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
3,966
Rank in 2025
#57
How rare
1 in 405 girls
Since 1880
475,028

Most popular in 1898, at 11,829 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 34% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Vermont5.0×34
West Virginia3.4×128
Maine3.0×66
New Hampshire2.8×76
Alaska2.6×32

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.