# Lilia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lilia/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | “lily” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lillia |
| US babies named this | 14,319 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 14,314 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,996, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lilia, plural of lilium (“lily”), or a Latinization of the English Lily.

## What it means

Lilia is grouped under lily.

## 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 | 304 | 862 |
| 2012 | 302 | 882 |
| 2013 | 280 | 914 |
| 2014 | 291 | 927 |
| 2015 | 284 | 956 |
| 2016 | 268 | 989 |
| 2017 | 233 | 1,090 |
| 2018 | 245 | 1,050 |
| 2019 | 223 | 1,101 |
| 2020 | 205 | 1,154 |
| 2021 | 249 | 1,021 |
| 2022 | 260 | 1,007 |
| 2023 | 271 | 960 |
| 2024 | 290 | 915 |
| 2025 | 315 | 859 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5 | 8,032 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 165 | 299 |
| 2012 | 130 | 368 |
| 2013 | 133 | 342 |
| 2014 | 125 | 363 |
| 2015 | 120 | 377 |
| 2016 | 113 | 398 |
| 2017 | 79 | 549 |
| 2018 | 108 | 408 |
| 2019 | 95 | 443 |
| 2020 | 84 | 478 |
| 2021 | 97 | 449 |
| 2022 | 91 | 462 |
| 2023 | 85 | 467 |
| 2024 | 97 | 439 |
| 2025 | 85 | 468 |

## People named Lilia

- Lilia Skala, Austrian-American actress (1896-1994)
- Lília Cabral, Brazilian actress
- Lilia Moritz Schwarcz, Brazilian anthropologist and publisher
- Lilia Ann Abron, American chemical engineer
- Lilia Ignatova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast

## 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.