first name
LILA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 43,201 people named Lila, 74.9% reported their origin as White, 11% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lila peaked in 2010, when 1,969 babies got the name.
At least 76,550 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Lila by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #298. The largest share of babies named Lila, 25.5%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lila is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lila has been most common in North Dakota (2.7×), South Dakota (2.7×), and South Carolina (2.2×), and least common in Delaware (0.35×).
67,376 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lila
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lila, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lila ranks #65,358 of 156,621, with 328 people. See Lila as a last name
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