How rare is the name Liliya?

3,598 people in the United States have the first name Liliya, about 1 in 83,944. It ranks #4,941 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LILIYA

#4,941

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,598
About
1 in 83,944
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,598 people named Liliya, 96.2% reported their origin as White and 1.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Liliya peaked in 2024, when 35 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19922025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
35
In 2025*
21 ▼40%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 608 babies have been given the name since 1992. 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.

Liliya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #9,716. The largest share of babies named Liliya, 47.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1990s#15,32876
2000s#10,232196
2010s#10,432205
2020s#9,716131
Millennials 1981–966.4%
Generation Z 1997–1247.2%
2013 and later46.4%

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.

Exactly as common as Liliya

1 other first name also has 3,598 people.

#4,941 Yin · 3,598

Either side of Liliya

#4,939 Gracyn · 3,602#4,939 Tasia · 3,602#4,941 Yin · 3,598#4,943 Isaura · 3,596

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,273 Lilia · 29,179#14,160 Lilya · 837

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