Lilla
2025 SSA
About Lilla
This sweet and underused name is a multicultural choice with a surprising number of meanings. It is used as a diminutive of Lívia and Lídia in Hungary (meaning "envy" and "from Lydia" respectively), as a variation of the Arabic Lila in Hindi (meaning "night"), and as a variant of Lillian, Lillia, and Lily in English, associating it with the flower.
It is also a word name in Italy, Sweden, and Denmark, where it means "lilac", "little" and "purple" respectively, adding to the sweet, floral appeal of it.
Pronounced LIL-uh.
As of October 2026, Lilla ranked #5047 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #262 in 1880.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,969 | 38 | 21.3 |
| 2015 | #3,816 | 40 | 22.4 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | #4,340 | 33 | 19.1 |
| 2018 | #4,945 | 27 | 15.9 |
| 2019 | #4,045 | 36 | 21.4 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | #4,937 | 27 | 16.8 |
| 2024 | #4,328 | 33 | 20.4 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
World rankings
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Famous Lillas
- Lilla Crawford
American Broadway actress
- Lilla Cabot Perry (1848
1933), US artist who worked in the American Impressionist style and whose mentor was Claude Monet