Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lillian

#71 most common girls' name of all time · #141 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#71
Rank overall
#141 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
476,457
Since 2016
48,185
Peak year
1920 #18
Best rank
#10 1898
Girls Boys peak 10,075/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Lillian is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 3,966 — 3,966 #57
2024 3,893 — 3,893 #54
2023 3,940 — 3,940 #55
2022 4,260 — 4,260 #50
2021 4,328 — 4,328 #51
2020 4,515 5 4,520 #46
2019 5,127 — 5,127 #37
2018 5,567 — 5,567 #34
2017 6,181 7 6,188 #27
2016 6,386 10 6,396 #28
2015 6,628 5 6,633 #26
2014 6,924 — 6,924 #25
2013 7,085 5 7,090 #26
2012 7,171 5 7,176 #25
2011 6,934 9 6,943 #22
2010 6,957 — 6,957 #22
2009 6,861 6 6,867 #27
2008 6,817 9 6,826 #29
2007 6,552 10 6,562 #33
2006 6,236 10 6,246 #38
2005 5,215 9 5,224 #50
2004 4,734 24 4,758 #65
2003 4,030 — 4,030 #76
2002 3,397 — 3,397 #96
2001 2,951 — 2,951 #111
2000 2,600 5 2,605 #129
1999 2,190 5 2,195 #147
1998 1,718 — 1,718 #174
1997 1,393 — 1,393 #214
1996 1,127 — 1,127 #251
1995 942 — 942 #294
1994 882 — 882 #308
1993 736 — 736 #347
1992 749 — 749 #348
1991 770 — 770 #342
1990 722 8 730 #366
1989 695 — 695 #368
1988 646 6 652 #373
1987 531 — 531 #420
1986 554 — 554 #404
1985 540 8 548 #413
1984 468 — 468 #443
1983 453 — 453 #456
1982 475 — 475 #449
1981 518 — 518 #419
1980 510 — 510 #424
1979 436 5 441 #463
1978 399 — 399 #486
1977 470 — 470 #433
1976 479 — 479 #422
1975 454 — 454 #436
1974 483 — 483 #413
1973 564 — 564 #373
1972 620 — 620 #355
1971 677 5 682 #361
1970 782 5 787 #335
1969 773 6 779 #324
1968 813 — 813 #308
1967 843 5 848 #298
1966 881 8 889 #285
1965 1,016 9 1,025 #272
1964 1,065 — 1,065 #275
1963 1,163 6 1,169 #258
1962 1,308 6 1,314 #244
1961 1,311 7 1,318 #240
1960 1,433 10 1,443 #223
1959 1,468 — 1,468 #218
1958 1,421 7 1,428 #218
1957 1,604 9 1,613 #209
1956 1,631 5 1,636 #201
1955 1,658 8 1,666 #195
1954 1,627 7 1,634 #194
1953 1,657 6 1,663 #186
1952 1,733 — 1,733 #178
1951 1,826 9 1,835 #167
1950 1,884 — 1,884 #156
1949 1,945 6 1,951 #153
1948 2,115 5 2,120 #136
1947 2,090 — 2,090 #143
1946 2,160 — 2,160 #129
1945 2,017 9 2,026 #124
1944 2,120 10 2,130 #126
1943 2,392 13 2,405 #116
1942 2,489 16 2,505 #111
1941 2,462 18 2,480 #104
1940 2,525 13 2,538 #97
1939 2,551 15 2,566 #99
1938 2,825 14 2,839 #88
1937 2,899 18 2,917 #84
1936 3,117 18 3,135 #79
1935 3,423 16 3,439 #66
1934 3,973 24 3,997 #52
1933 3,998 23 4,021 #51
1932 4,351 30 4,381 #48
1931 4,807 37 4,844 #47
1930 5,447 30 5,477 #44
1929 5,712 43 5,755 #40
1928 6,577 46 6,623 #35
1927 7,182 45 7,227 #32
1926 7,661 27 7,688 #28
1925 8,351 24 8,375 #25
1924 9,100 35 9,135 #23
1923 9,328 34 9,362 #20
1922 9,430 29 9,459 #19
1921 9,770 23 9,793 #19
1920 10,049 26 10,075 #18
1919 9,516 26 9,542 #17
1918 9,986 23 10,009 #15
1917 9,843 33 9,876 #15
1916 9,592 26 9,618 #16
1915 9,546 24 9,570 #15
1914 7,354 33 7,387 #16
1913 6,015 21 6,036 #16
1912 5,568 30 5,598 #14
1911 4,367 13 4,380 #13
1910 4,127 15 4,142 #14
1909 3,596 15 3,611 #14
1908 3,634 9 3,643 #13
1907 3,542 15 3,557 #13
1906 3,293 14 3,307 #13
1905 3,185 11 3,196 #13
1904 3,139 10 3,149 #12
1903 2,972 12 2,984 #13
1902 3,063 13 3,076 #11
1901 2,681 17 2,698 #10
1900 3,414 11 3,425 #10
1899 2,703 8 2,711 #10
1898 3,061 15 3,076 #10
1897 2,683 13 2,696 #11
1896 2,702 11 2,713 #11
1895 2,495 12 2,507 #16
1894 2,441 7 2,448 #16
1893 2,193 9 2,202 #20
1892 2,154 10 2,164 #20
1891 1,812 9 1,821 #20
1890 1,862 10 1,872 #19
1889 1,640 7 1,647 #23
1888 1,656 7 1,663 #23
1887 1,308 6 1,314 #26
1886 1,282 — 1,282 #24
1885 1,143 — 1,143 #27
1884 1,109 6 1,115 #26
1883 907 6 913 #26
1882 830 6 836 #32
1881 723 — 723 #32
1880 672 — 672 #32