Lillian Name Popularity

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How popular is Lillian?

Ranking 34th in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Lillian is very popular.

Currently in the top 50, this name has been part of the top 500 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #10 for the first time in 1898 and as recently as 1901.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1920 with 10,049 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Lillian in any given year was 399 in 1978.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Lillian occurred roughly during the years 1883-1894, 1895-1898, 1904-1915, and 1992-2006, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1928-1939, 1941-1944, 1955-1958, 1960-1966, and 1970-1974.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a mid point.

How popular will Lillian be?

Lillian's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Lillian has dropped.

The name Lillian is favored by many parents but has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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		Lillian (Girl)		Lillian (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		5,534	34	< 5	--
2017		6,160	27	7	10,325
2016		6,358	28	10	7,912
2015		6,612	26	5	13,229
2014		6,913	25	< 5	--
2013		7,072	26	5	13,259
2012		7,161	25	5	13,423
2011		6,921	22	9	8,497
2010		6,951	22	< 5	--
2009		6,857	27	6	11,884
2008		6,810	29	9	8,727
2007		6,549	33	10	7,942
2006		6,232	38	10	7,780
2005		5,213	50	9	8,047
2004		4,733	65	24	3,813
2003		4,029	76	< 5	--
2002		3,396	96	< 5	--
2001		2,949	112	< 5	--
2000		2,599	129	5	11,477
1999		2,190	147	5	10,928
1998		1,717	174	< 5	--
1997		1,393	215	< 5	--
1996		1,127	251	< 5	--
1995		942	294	< 5	--
1994		881	308	< 5	--
1993		736	347	< 5	--
1992		749	348	< 5	--
1991		768	342	< 5	--
1990		722	367	8	6,181
1989		695	369	< 5	--
1988		646	373	6	6,920
1987		531	420	< 5	--
1986		553	404	< 5	--
1985		542	412	8	4,981
1984		468	444	< 5	--
1983		454	454	< 5	--
1982		474	450	< 5	--
1981		518	420	< 5	--
1980		510	425	< 5	--
1979		437	462	5	6,645
1978		399	486	< 5	--
1977		470	434	< 5	--
1976		479	422	< 5	--
1975		454	437	< 5	--
1974		482	413	< 5	--
1973		563	373	< 5	--
1972		620	355	< 5	--
1971		675	361	5	5,358
1970		782	335	5	5,153
1969		773	324	6	4,215
1968		814	308	< 5	--
1967		841	298	5	4,313
1966		880	285	8	3,137
1965		1,015	272	9	2,904
1964		1,064	275	< 5	--
1963		1,165	258	6	3,860
1962		1,307	244	6	3,868
1961		1,311	240	7	3,542
1960		1,431	223	10	2,787
1959		1,469	218	< 5	--
1958		1,419	218	7	3,447
1957		1,603	209	9	2,930
1956		1,629	201	5	4,242
1955		1,657	195	8	3,105
1954		1,630	194	7	3,321
1953		1,658	186	6	3,641
1952		1,732	178	< 5	--
1951		1,826	168	9	2,784
1950		1,884	156	< 5	--
1949		1,944	153	6	3,549
1948		2,116	136	5	3,976
1947		2,089	143	< 5	--
1946		2,159	129	< 5	--
1945		2,018	124	9	2,507
1944		2,117	126	10	2,405
1943		2,394	116	13	2,128
1942		2,489	111	16	1,835
1941		2,460	104	18	1,668
1940		2,524	97	13	2,046
1939		2,554	99	15	1,841
1938		2,824	88	14	1,943
1937		2,899	84	18	1,664
1936		3,117	79	18	1,619
1935		3,422	66	16	1,799
1934		3,973	52	24	1,412
1933		3,997	51	23	1,434
1932		4,353	48	30	1,248
1931		4,806	47	37	1,121
1930		5,448	44	30	1,319
1929		5,711	40	43	1,050
1928		6,575	35	46	1,027
1927		7,181	32	45	1,050
1926		7,662	28	27	1,422
1925		8,350	25	24	1,561
1924		9,099	23	35	1,236
1923		9,328	20	34	1,248
1922		9,429	19	29	1,384
1921		9,770	19	23	1,621
1920		10,049	18	26	1,484
1919		9,516	17	26	1,433
1918		9,986	15	23	1,573
1917		9,843	15	33	1,191
1916		9,592	16	26	1,361
1915		9,546	15	24	1,394
1914		7,354	16	33	979
1913		6,015	16	21	1,133
1912		5,568	14	30	809
1911		4,367	13	13	959
1910		4,127	14	15	806
1909		3,596	14	15	740
1908		3,634	13	9	992
1907		3,542	13	15	687
1906		3,293	13	14	665
1905		3,185	13	11	776
1904		3,139	12	10	789
1903		2,972	13	12	682
1902		3,063	11	13	632
1901		2,681	10	17	482
1900		3,414	10	11	824
1899		2,703	10	8	831
1898		3,061	10	15	558
1897		2,683	11	13	599
1896		2,702	11	11	706
1895		2,495	16	12	628
1894		2,441	16	7	914
1893		2,193	20	9	739
1892		2,154	20	10	723
1891		1,812	20	9	678
1890		1,862	19	10	648
1889		1,640	23	7	852
1888		1,656	23	7	878
1887		1,308	26	6	884
1886		1,282	24	< 5	--
1885		1,143	27	< 5	--
1884		1,109	26	6	923
1883		907	26	6	850
1882		830	32	6	904
1881		723	32	< 5	--
1880		672	32	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.