Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vilija through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1956. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 143 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.
People named Vilija
- Vilija MatačiūnaitėLithuanian singerborn 1986
- Vilija BlinkevičiūtėLithuanian politicianborn 1960
- Vilija SereikaitėLithuanian racing cyclistborn 1987
- Vilija Aleknaitė-AbramikienėLithuanian politician and musicologistborn 1957
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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