How rare is the name Lilith?

5,914 people in the United States have the first name Lilith, about 1 in 51,071. It ranks #3,502 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LILITH

#3,502

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,914
About
1 in 51,071
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,914 people named Lilith, 69.7% reported their origin as White, 18.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lilith peaked in 2023, when 1,300 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
1,300
In 2025*
1,111 ▼15%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 13,534 babies have been given the name since 1913. 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.

Lilith by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #568. The largest share of babies named Lilith, 80.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#6,79235
1920s#9,76523
1930s#10,9299
1940s#12,5745
1960s#11,35426
1970s#13,04341
1980s#21,85917
1990s#6,771256
2000s#2,6901,353
2010s#1,1804,752
2020s#5687,017
Greatest Generation 1901–270.4%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–800.4%
Millennials 1981–960.7%
Generation Z 1997–1217.7%
2013 and later80.6%

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 Lilith is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lilith has been most common in Nevada (4.1×), Arizona (2.7×), and Colorado (1.9×), and least common in Mississippi (0.39×).

12,085 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.

Exactly as common as Lilith

1 other first name also has 5,914 people.

#3,502 Kensley · 5,914

Either side of Lilith

#3,501 Alfreda · 5,916#3,502 Kensley · 5,914#3,504 Draven · 5,912#3,505 Ephraim · 5,911

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lilith, most common first.

#9,775 Lillith · 1,402#10,260 Lilit · 1,309#31,475 Lilieth · 272#51,981 Lileth · 110

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