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Girl · Name family

Lillian

1,113,038births recorded
24Countries
33Variants
2025Peak · Poland
#15Poland 2025

Lillian is a girl name family recorded 1,113,038 times in 24 countries since 1880. It ranks highest today in Poland (#15 in 2025). Its all-time peak was in Poland in 2025, at 1,561.0 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Liliana (Argentina, Poland, England & Wales), Liliane (France), Lilien (Hungary).

Popularity by country

Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.

Which form wins where

Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.

Rank in countries that publish top lists only

All forms of Lillian

VariantsLanguageTotal birthsCountryLatest rankPeak year10-year trend
Lillian English 476,457 🇺🇸 United States #57 1898 ▼ 33 %
Lillian English 11,430 🇨🇦 Ontario #95 1920 ▼ 38 %
Lillian English 3,274 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #361 2017 ▼ 12 %
Lillian English 1,922 🇨🇦 British Columbia #72 1927 ▲ 9 %
Lillian English 986 🇨🇦 Alberta #77 2017 ▼ 20 %
Lillian English 778 🇦🇺 New South Wales – 2011 –
Liliana Spanish 192,373 🇦🇷 Argentina #926 1956 ▼ 63 %
Liliana Spanish 75,146 🇺🇸 United States #78 2025 ▲ 36 %
Liliana Spanish 43,172 🇵🇱 Poland #15 2025 ▲ 14 %
Liliana Spanish 5,547 🇭🇺 Hungary #43 2012 –
Liliana Spanish 4,498 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #208 2016 ▼ 13 %
Liliana Spanish 1,805 🇫🇷 France #920 2015 ▼ 37 %
Liliane French 112,415 🇫🇷 France #726 1941 ▲ 246 %
Liliane French 1,060 🇨🇦 Québec #86 2025 ▲ 126 %
Liliane French 857 🇺🇸 United States #4661 2021 ▼ 2 %
Liliane French 312 🇦🇹 Austria – 2011 –
Liliane French 234 🇨🇭 Switzerland #1013 2013 ▼ 38 %
Liliane French 100 🇨🇦 Ontario #1100 2017 ▲ 22 %
Lilian Spanish 23,421 🇦🇷 Argentina #1430 1956 ▼ 74 %
Lilian Spanish 20,470 🇺🇸 United States #560 2007 ▼ 6 %
Lilian Spanish 2,769 🇺🇾 Montevideo (Uruguay) – 1957 –
Lilian Spanish 1,901 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #531 2025 ▲ 24 %
Lilian Spanish 1,808 🇨🇦 Ontario #442 1920 ▼ 9 %
Lilian Spanish 671 🇸🇪 Sweden #195 2019 ▲ 50 %
Lilianna Polish 17,126 🇵🇱 Poland #27 2025 ▲ 168 %
Lilianna Polish 8,808 🇺🇸 United States #890 2012 ▼ 15 %
Lilianna Polish 801 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #816 2022 ▲ 20 %
Lilianna Polish 249 🇨🇦 Ontario #708 2011 ▲ 38 %
Lilianna Polish 85 🇮🇪 Ireland – 2017 –
Lilianna Polish 60 🇫🇷 France #4472 2018 ▲ 27 %
Lilliana English 22,826 🇺🇸 United States #445 2013 ▼ 34 %
Lilliana English 600 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #973 2022 ▲ 19 %
Lilliana English 241 🇨🇦 Ontario #1100 2015 ▼ 51 %
Lilliana English 40 🇵🇱 Poland – 2015 –
Lilliana English 37 🇦🇹 Austria – 2023 –
Lilliana English 35 🇨🇦 Alberta – 2022 –
Lilyana Bulgarian 9,872 🇺🇸 United States #1047 2012 ▼ 51 %
Lilyana Bulgarian 375 🇫🇷 France #1132 2022 ▲ 51 %
Lilyana Bulgarian 205 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #3034 2021 ▼ 11 %
Lilyana Bulgarian 91 🇨🇦 Ontario – 2010 –
Lilyana Bulgarian 8 🇧🇪 Belgium – 2022 –
Lilyana Bulgarian 8 🇨🇦 Québec #522 2025 –
Lillianna English 6,583 🇺🇸 United States #1352 2011 ▼ 49 %
Lillianna English 221 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #3705 2020 ▼ 54 %
Lillianna English 110 🇨🇦 Ontario – 2017 –
Lillianna English 17 🇨🇦 Alberta – 2013 –
Lilien German 5,794 🇭🇺 Hungary #21 2021 –
Lilien German 157 🇦🇹 Austria #620 2023 ▼ 34 %
Lilien German 114 🇨🇿 Czechia #74 2023 –
Lilien German 101 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 2019 –
Lilien German 90 🇫🇷 France – 2022 –
Lilien German 40 🇺🇸 United States #14942 1920 ▼ 6 %
Lilyanna English 5,065 🇺🇸 United States #1643 2011 ▼ 50 %
Lilyanna English 149 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 2015 –
Lilyanna English 96 🇨🇦 Ontario – 2012 –
Lilyanna English 70 🇫🇷 France #3648 2022 new
Lilyanna English 23 🇨🇦 Alberta – 2020 –
Lilyanna English 6 🇨🇦 Québec – 2012 –
Lilyan English 4,339 🇺🇸 United States #4067 1911 ▼ 55 %
Lilyan English 455 🇫🇷 France – 2006 –
Lilyan English 33 🇦🇷 Argentina – 1932 –
Lilyan English 24 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 2024 –
Lilyan English 19 🇨🇦 Ontario – 2009 –
Lilyan English 7 🇺🇾 Montevideo (Uruguay) – 1956 –

Names with a similar trajectory

Their popularity curve in Poland correlates closely with Lillian's.

  1. 1Hugo
  2. 2Janine
  3. 3Julian
  4. 4Mieszko
  5. 5Elena
  6. 6Stanisław

How we grouped these names

  • Liliana ↔ Liliane — verified against linguistic sources
  • Liliana ↔ Lilian — verified against linguistic sources
  • Lilliana ↔ Lillian — verified against linguistic sources
  • Lilian ↔ Lilien — verified against linguistic sources
  • Liliane ↔ Lilianne — spelling variant
  • Liliane ↔ Lyliane — spelling variant
  • Liliane ↔ Lilyanne — spelling variant
  • Liliane ↔ Lillianne — spelling variant
  • Liliane ↔ Lillyanne — spelling variant
  • Liliane ↔ Lily-Anne — spelling variant
  • Liliane ↔ Lilliane — spelling variant
  • Liliane ↔ Lilyane — spelling variant
  • Liliane ↔ Lilly-Anne — spelling variant
  • Lillian ↔ Lilian — spelling variant

Questions about Lillian

How popular is the name Lillian?

In 2025 it ranked #15 in Poland. Official registers record 1,113,038 births across 24 countries.

What is Lillian in other languages?

Liliana (Spanish); Liliane (French); Lilian (Spanish); Lilianna (Polish); Lilliana (English); Lilyana (Bulgarian); Lillianna (English); Lilien (German); Lilyanna (English); Lilyan (English).

When was Lillian most popular?

It peaked in Poland in 2025, at 1,561.0 births per 100,000.

Is Lillian a boy or a girl name?

In official birth registers, Lillian is a girl name.