Lilia
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Lilia
Lilia is pretty double L name that makes for sparkly, floral choice with plenty of international flair. More distinctive that Lily, less popular than Liliana, Lia, and Lilian, Lilia was a new entry to the US Top 1000 in 2023.
A truly cross-cultural choice, the lilting Lilia is heard among the Russian, Spanish, Hebrew, and Hawaiian communities and currently ranks in the UK, France, Poland, and Brazil. It has a number of spelling variations too, including Liliya, Lilya, and Lilja, meaning it ranks in Iceland and Finland too.
Notable namesakes include Lilia Skala, an Austrian-born Oscar-nominated actress, Lilia Podkopayeva, a Ukrainian gymnast; Lilia Buckingham, a dancer and actress; Lilia Stepanova, a Moldovian contortionist; and Lilia Esquilin, of Youtube fame.
Given to 288 babies in the US in 2024, Lilia is a lively and lovely spin on popular Lily.
Lilia is also given to boys.
Pronounced LIL-yuh.
As of October 2026, Lilia ranked #859 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #752 in 1928, Nameberry popularity #322.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #927 | 291 | 162.9 |
| 2015 | #959 | 283 | 158.5 |
| 2016 | #989 | 268 | 151.2 |
| 2017 | #1,090 | 233 | 135 |
| 2018 | #1,050 | 245 | 144 |
| 2019 | #1,101 | 223 | 132.9 |
| 2020 | #1,153 | 205 | 126.8 |
| 2021 | #1,025 | 248 | 151.1 |
| 2022 | #1,006 | 260 | 158.5 |
| 2023 | #960 | 271 | 168.9 |
| 2024 | #920 | 288 | 177.8 |
| 2025 | #859 | 315 | 196 |
World rankings
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Lilia on lists
Famous Lilias
- Lilia PodkopayevaGirl
Ukrainian Olympic gymnast
- Lilia OsterlohGirl
American tennis player
- Lilia SkalaGirl
Austrian,American actress
- Lilia KopylovaGirl
Russian dancer
- Lilia PradoGirl
Mexican actress
- Lilia CuntapayGirl
Filipina actress
- Lília CabralGirl
Brazilian actress
- Lilia IzquierdoGirl
Cuban Olympic volleyball player
- Lilia AbadjievaGirl
Bulgarian theater director
- Lilia alGirl
Atrash, Syrian actress
- Lilia CarrilloGirl
Mexican painter
- Lilia Estrin DallinGirl
Latvian Trotskyist
- Lilia DizonGirl
Filipina actress
- Lilia GildeevaGirl
Russian television journalist
- Lilia LucianoGirl
Puerto Rican television journalist
- Lilia MichelGirl
Mexican actress
- Lilia StepanovaGirl
Moldovan contortionist and TV personality
- Lilia Jean Esquilin (b. 2010)Girl
daughter of American family vlogger Jessica Skube (Jesssfam on YouTube)
- Lilia BuckinghamGirl
American actress and competitive dancer
- Lilia TarawaGirl
New Zealand author and motivational speaker
Lilia in pop culture
- LiliaGirl
Latin for "lilies" (the plural of lilium "a lily")
- Lilia HerritonGirl
character in E. M. Forster's 1905 novel 'Where Angels Fear to Tread'
- LiliaGirl
Joshua's love interest in Cecil B. DeMille's 'The Ten Commandments' (1956)
- "LiliaGirl
" song by Royz
- Lilia CalderuGirl
Character in Marvel show 'Agatha All Along'