Lilah
2025 SSA
About Lilah
Lilah may be a simple spelling variation of Lila— itself an alternative form of the Arabic Leila — or you might think of it as a shortening of Delilah or an Anglicization of the Hebrew Lilach, which means lilac. Whatever the root, it's a beautiful and stylish name. The final h adds balance or creates needless complications, depending on your viewpoint.
Lilah entered the UK Top 100 in 2023, where it joined Lyla, Lyra, Layla, Lola, and Delilah.
Pronounced LY-luh.
As of October 2026, Lilah ranked #179 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #468.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #316 | 1,051 | 588.3 |
| 2015 | #314 | 1,032 | 578.1 |
| 2016 | #299 | 1,092 | 616.2 |
| 2017 | #272 | 1,177 | 681.7 |
| 2018 | #287 | 1,155 | 679 |
| 2019 | #287 | 1,153 | 687 |
| 2020 | #240 | 1,257 | 777.6 |
| 2021 | #244 | 1,250 | 761.8 |
| 2022 | #219 | 1,364 | 831.6 |
| 2023 | #198 | 1,498 | 933.6 |
| 2024 | #179 | 1,685 | 1,040 |
| 2025 | #179 | 1,736 | 1,080.1 |
World rankings
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Lilah on lists
Famous Lilahs
- Lilah Fear
British ice dancer
- Lilah Veronica Parsons
English model and TV presenter
- Lilah Grace Hayes (b. 2009)
daughter of American actress Erinn Hayes
- Lilah
Rose Rodriguez (b. 2012), daughter of actress Linda Cardellini and Steven Rodriguez
Lilah in pop culture
- Lilah Morgan
character on TV's Angel
- Lilah the Lost Girl
a character in Jonathan Maberry's "Rot and Ruin" series
- Lilah
character in the movie Jonah Hex