Lilian

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Lillian, also spelled Lilian, Lilliann, or Lilliane, is a female given name. Its origin is the Latin word Lilium. In French, Lilian is the male form of the name, while Liliane is the female form.

From Wikipedia

Lilian first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2007 with 786 babies (rank #417 that year). In 2024 it was given to 542 girls (rank #558). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Lilian

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Lilian yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

3Destiny numberThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

19,925

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

786

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Lilian

Lilian Thuramassociation football player · b. 1972
Lilian Harveyfilm actor · b. 1906

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	19	#380
1881	16	#425
1882	24	#367
1883	17	#473
1884	22	#432
1885	22	#454
1886	24	#445
1887	16	#573
1888	22	#541
1889	31	#435
1890	21	#575
1891	28	#492
1892	24	#572
1893	28	#525
1894	22	#636
1895	42	#439
1896	37	#482
1897	26	#604
1898	33	#564
1899	19	#745
1900	30	#648
1901	23	#673
1902	18	#836
1903	36	#545
1904	28	#661
1905	28	#676
1906	28	#696
1907	29	#704
1908	32	#688
1909	30	#741
1910	33	#747
1911	34	#748
1912	53	#693
1913	55	#705
1914	53	#799
1915	75	#765
1916	85	#732
1917	77	#789
1918	105	#704
1919	67	#854
1920	81	#810
1921	54	#1,026
1922	60	#963
1923	51	#1,072
1924	42	#1,236
1925	38	#1,280
1926	48	#1,089
1927	31	#1,472
1928	32	#1,383
1929	16	#2,140
1930	20	#1,845
1931	24	#1,574
1932	30	#1,365
1933	23	#1,578
1934	16	#2,047
1935	14	#2,254
1936	17	#1,922
1937	8	#3,313
1938	8	#3,331
1939	13	#2,364
1940	13	#2,371
1941	19	#1,928
1942	14	#2,486
1943	21	#1,926
1944	17	#2,161
1945	10	#3,029
1946	12	#2,970
1947	21	#2,169
1948	11	#3,258
1949	16	#2,582
1950	15	#2,724
1951	18	#2,440
1952	8	#4,318
1953	18	#2,560
1954	15	#2,963
1955	19	#2,596
1956	18	#2,780
1957	22	#2,456
1958	27	#2,192
1959	30	#2,087
1960	41	#1,777
1961	27	#2,334
1962	25	#2,442
1963	22	#2,667
1964	24	#2,567
1965	30	#2,185
1966	34	#2,001
1967	35	#1,992
1968	38	#1,962
1969	39	#2,015
1970	42	#1,997
1971	39	#2,129
1972	46	#1,843
1973	50	#1,760
1974	61	#1,569
1975	42	#2,082
1976	50	#1,855
1977	40	#2,286
1978	51	#1,928
1979	53	#1,961
1980	53	#1,995
1981	65	#1,747
1982	58	#1,862
1983	60	#1,784
1984	68	#1,625
1985	66	#1,735
1986	62	#1,828
1987	89	#1,462
1988	99	#1,415
1989	97	#1,492
1990	147	#1,174
1991	163	#1,105
1992	129	#1,307
1993	155	#1,146
1994	143	#1,226
1995	151	#1,155
1996	186	#1,011
1997	213	#937
1998	264	#807
1999	265	#820
2000	328	#708
2001	359	#694
2002	440	#587
2003	497	#557
2004	541	#526
2005	650	#474
2006	724	#440
2007	786	#417
2008	730	#435
2009	728	#436
2010	681	#453
2011	645	#462
2012	675	#463
2013	605	#495
2014	620	#504
2015	641	#497
2016	560	#559
2017	508	#589
2018	494	#612
2019	502	#602
2020	439	#656
2021	464	#639
2022	519	#576
2023	543	#558
2024	542	#558