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Baby name

Lilian

Girl

Origin of the name

Lilian comes from the Latin lilium, “lily.”

Comeback name

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Lilian peaked in 2007, when 1 baby in 5,086 was given the name. After a low point around 1938, parents rediscovered it: about 521 births a year today. In 2025, it ranked No. 560.
20,470births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 416rank at its peak, in 2007

Where babies named Lilian are born

2007

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The darker the blue, the more common Lilian is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Lilian is most common in Arizona (1.7 times), California (1.7) and Utah (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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