# Lilith (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lilith/  
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 | /ˈlɪlɪθ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,534 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 13,534 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,063, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew לִילִית (lîlîṯ).

## 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 | 282 | 924 |
| 2012 | 327 | 823 |
| 2013 | 323 | 829 |
| 2014 | 453 | 632 |
| 2015 | 515 | 587 |
| 2016 | 584 | 534 |
| 2017 | 639 | 488 |
| 2018 | 604 | 520 |
| 2019 | 771 | 403 |
| 2020 | 1,007 | 316 |
| 2021 | 1,165 | 268 |
| 2022 | 1,182 | 269 |
| 2023 | 1,300 | 232 |
| 2024 | 1,252 | 255 |
| 2025 | 1,111 | 277 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 1,117 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,297 |
| 2013 | 25 | 1,324 |
| 2014 | 36 | 1,005 |
| 2015 | 37 | 965 |
| 2016 | 44 | 852 |
| 2017 | 44 | 870 |
| 2018 | 47 | 806 |
| 2019 | 51 | 749 |
| 2020 | 80 | 505 |
| 2021 | 72 | 555 |
| 2022 | 87 | 476 |
| 2023 | 115 | 363 |
| 2024 | 97 | 439 |
| 2025 | 120 | 357 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Լիլիթ
- German: Lilith
- Hebrew: לִילִית
- Hindi: लिलिथ
- Latvian: Lilita

## People named Lilith

- Lilith Stangenberg, German actress
- Lilith Saintcrow, American writer
- HJIM van Gasteren, Dutch multimedia and conceptual artist (born 1964)

## 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.