Girl name#76 of girl names
Lillian
Pronounced L IH1 L IY0 AH0 N (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1920
- 145 years in use
How popular is Lillian?
Lillian is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 497,869 children — the 76th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 25% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1920, when 10,206 children were given it.
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- L IH1 L IY0 AH0 N
- Stress pattern:
- 100
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Lillian
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Lillian
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Lillian?
- Lillian ranks 76th among girls' names in US records, with 497,869 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 56,994.
- Is Lillian a unisex name?
- No. Lillian is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Lillian most popular?
- 1920, when 10,206 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.