# Lilah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lilah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 24,664 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 24,664 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,331, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Short form of Delilah; also a variant of Leila.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,046 | 306 |
| 2012 | 1,032 | 311 |
| 2013 | 1,049 | 305 |
| 2014 | 1,051 | 316 |
| 2015 | 1,032 | 314 |
| 2016 | 1,093 | 299 |
| 2017 | 1,177 | 272 |
| 2018 | 1,155 | 287 |
| 2019 | 1,153 | 288 |
| 2020 | 1,258 | 240 |
| 2021 | 1,250 | 244 |
| 2022 | 1,364 | 220 |
| 2023 | 1,503 | 198 |
| 2024 | 1,690 | 179 |
| 2025 | 1,736 | 179 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 84 | 502 |
| 2012 | 117 | 397 |
| 2013 | 175 | 270 |
| 2014 | 198 | 248 |
| 2015 | 178 | 273 |
| 2016 | 187 | 267 |
| 2017 | 240 | 217 |
| 2018 | 199 | 249 |
| 2019 | 226 | 217 |
| 2020 | 252 | 195 |
| 2021 | 299 | 171 |
| 2022 | 446 | 116 |
| 2023 | 513 | 95 |
| 2024 | 416 | 116 |
| 2025 | 464 | 99 |

## People named Lilah

- Lilah Fear, British ice dancer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.