Given name

Lilu

Lilu is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Lilu 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 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Lilu through the years

Babies since 1880
196
0 boys · 196 girls
Most popular year
2011
18 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−60%
Cooling
0510152025Highest share 20110.0
Lilu in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2001–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 240 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.

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The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Lilu, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Lizzet

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Lirio

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Lailana

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Leniya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Lalana

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

English · Modern

Lusi

Lusi is a masculine given name. It is used in Atayal.

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Leilaney

“child of heaven; adorned with heavenly flowers”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Lilu’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Lilu