Lilou
2025 SSA
About Lilou
Sweet, enchanting Lilou is considered both a pet name from the Occitan language (spoken in Provence in the south of France), and a compound name, blending floral Lili with classic Louise. It peaked in France back in 2009 when it reached #12, and while it has now fallen in popularity, it remains in the Top 200.
The name first began to catch on back in the late 1990s, following the release of the 1997 film The Fifth Element, featuring a character called Leeloominaï (meaning "precious stones" in film's fictional language). Known by Leeloo, the character pushed alternative spelling Lilou into the Top 500 the year after the film was released.
Also appearing as Lylou, and more rarely as Liloo and Leelou (both of which did rank in the French charts when Lilou was at its peak), the name is currently in the Top 500 in the Netherlands and the Top 200 in Belgium, while in the US, just 12 girls recieved the name in a recent year.
Pronounced lee-LOO.
As of October 2026, Lilou ranked #7349 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3748 in 2016.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | #3,748 | 41 | 23.1 |
| 2017 | #4,042 | 37 | 21.4 |
| 2018 | #4,837 | 28 | 16.5 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Lilou on lists
Famous Lilous
- Lilou Macé
French,American author and TV personality
- Lilou Jaymes Lang
daughter of singers Jonny Lang and Haylie Johnson
- B
boy Lilou, stage name of Ali Ramdani, Algerian,French male dancer
Lilou in pop culture
- Leeloo
Milla Jovovich's character in "The Fifth Element"