Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lillia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,633
- 0 boys · 2,633 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 73 babies
- 2025
- 55
- #3,014 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +14%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 55 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,014 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 73 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,918 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.
Lillia’s family of names
In English usage, Lillia has a conventional equivalent in the German form Lilli. In Greek usage, Lillia as a surname is a transliteration of Λίλλια. In Greek usage, Lillia as a surname is a transliteration of Λιλλιά.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lillia
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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Priscila
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