Given name & surname
Lilith
“woman of the night”
Lilith is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “woman of the night.”
Original Hebrewלילית
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “woman of the night.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Lilith appears in Isaiah 34:14.
From biblical name research
Lilith through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13,534
- 0 boys · 13,534 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 1,300 babies
- 2025
- 1,111
- #277 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +67%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,111 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 277 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 66.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (128). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,914 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lilith’s family of names
Lilith has a related form in Lillith. In English usage, Lilith has a conventional equivalent in the Latvian form LILITA. Lilith has a related form in Lilithe.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Lillithvariant
- Lilythvariant
- Lylithvariant
- Lillythvariant
- Lilythevariant
- Lylithevariant
- Lilithevariant
- Lyllythvariant
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Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Lilith
- Lilith StangenbergGerman actressborn 1988
- HJIM van GasterenDutch multimedia and conceptual artist (born 1964)
- Lilith SaintcrowAmerican writerborn 1976
- Lilith VerstryngeSpanish former politicianborn 1992
- Lilith GrasmugFrench actress
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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