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Lilian
OriginAlternate spelling of Lillian, English
Meaning"lily; pledged to God"
GenderGirl
US Rank#560
Top 1000
NB Rank#1508
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About Lilian
Variation of Liliana
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #504 | 620 | 347.1 |
| 2015 | #497 | 641 | 359.1 |
| 2016 | #559 | 560 | 316 |
| 2017 | #589 | 508 | 294.2 |
| 2018 | #612 | 494 | 290.4 |
| 2019 | #602 | 502 | 299.1 |
| 2020 | #656 | 439 | 271.6 |
| 2021 | #639 | 464 | 282.8 |
| 2022 | #576 | 519 | 316.4 |
| 2023 | #558 | 543 | 338.4 |
| 2024 | #558 | 542 | 334.5 |
| 2025 | #560 | 537 | 334.1 |
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- (Mary) Lilian Henriette Lucie Josephine Ghislaine
second Queen consort of Leopold III of the Belgians
- Lilian May Davies
Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Halland; wife of Prince Bertil
- Lilian Bland
British aviator and builder of the first powered aircraft in Ireland
- Lilian Harvey (born Helene Lilian Muriel Pape)
German,British actress
- (Emily) Lilian Whiting
American journalist and author
- Lilian Annette Garcia
Puerto Rican,American singer and wrestling ring announcer
- Lilian Lee
Chinese novelist
- Lilian Mary Baylis
English theater producer
- Lilian Hardy
English actress
- Lilian Bryner
Swiss racing driver
- Lilian Maria Johanna Sibertha Helder
Dutch politician
- Lilian Winstanley
British scholar, academic and writer
- Leonore Lilian Maria
Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Gotland
- (Lilian) Anette Börjesson
Swedish footballer and badminton player
Lilian in pop culture
- Lilian
character from TV series "Flash Gordon"
- Lilian Kaushtupper
character from TV series "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
Variations & nicknames
- LilisGreek
- LelyaRussian
- LilyaFinnish
- LiliaHawaiian
- LiliyaRussian
- LiliGerman
- LiliosaSpanish
- LilikaGreek
- LilliGerman
- LilieanaHawaiian
- LiljaFinnish
- LilianeFrench
- LiljanaPolish
- LilianaSpanish
- LiliasSpanish
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