Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Liliya isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Liliya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 608
- 0 boys · 608 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #5,836 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +3%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,836 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,598 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.
Liliya’s family of names
Liliya may belong to the same name family as LILLIYA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Lilyequivalent
- Lillyequivalent
- Liliaequivalent
- Liliequivalent
- Lilliequivalent
- Liljaequivalent
- Liliiaequivalent
- Ліліяequivalent
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People named Liliya
- Liliya ShobukhovaRussian marathon runnerborn 1977
- Liliya NurutdinovaRussian athletics competitor (born 1963)
- Liliya HrynevychUkrainian educator and politicianborn 1965
- Lilia ChanyshevaRussian auditor, politician, an associate of opposition leader Alexei Navalnyborn 1982
- Liliya VasilchenkoSoviet cross-country skier1962–2011
- Lilia SandulesuUkrainian pop singerborn 1958
- Lilia Gumerovapoliticianborn 1972
- Liliya LudanUkrainian lugerborn 1969
- Liliya LobanovaUkrainian athleteborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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