Lilian

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lilian: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lilian: Recorded since 1946, it reached #194 in 1964, and it stood at #500 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
102times a registrar ranked it
79years from first to last
#194highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#608
1997	#721
1998	#701
1999	#557
2000	#664
2001	#671
2002	#557
2003	#619
2004	#500
2005	#538
2006	#519
2007	#451
2008	#460
2009	#483
2010	#463
2011	#569
2012	#624
2013	#575
2014	#597
2015	#577
2016	#630
2017	#661
2018	#540
2019	#641
2020	#545
2021	#616
2022	#562
2023	#754
2024	#558

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 32 of the 79 years from 1946 to 2024.

In 2024: #500 among girls in Norway, #558 among girls in England and Wales, #638 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1946–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #334 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2023
Highest recorded position: #194 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #558 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lilian appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 40 ranked years and 317 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Girls, from 1946.

Lilian across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lilian's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#334 (1946)	#262 (1948)	#500 (2024)	32 of 79	191 (1946–2024)	11 (1948)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#194 (1964)	#194 (1964)	#555 (2023)	40 of 60	317 (1964–2023)	19 (1971)
England and Wales · Girls	#608 (1996)	#451 (2007)	#558 (2024)	29 of 29	1,826 (1996–2024)	90 (2007)

Lilian by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lilian in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	80	6 of 10	13
1970s	87	10 of 10	9
1980s	36	6 of 10	6
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000s	45	7 of 10	6
2010s	57	8 of 10	7
2020s	6	1 of 10	6

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Lilian appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1946 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #194 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Lilian's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#558	70	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#754	47	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#562	69	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#616	63	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#545	73	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#641	61	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#540	77	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#661	63	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#630	67	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#577	74	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#597	69	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#575	71	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#624	67	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#569	71	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#463	89	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#483	84	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#460	89	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#451	90	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#519	71	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#538	63	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#500	66	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#619	47	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#557	53	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#671	38	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#664	37	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#557	50	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#701	34	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#721	33	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#608	40	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#500	4	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#473	5	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#433	7	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#471	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#612	4	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#658	4	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#647	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#537	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#570	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#554	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#505	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#523	6	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#587	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#543	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#506	5	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#565	4	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#374	8	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#477	5	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#415	6	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#449	5	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#426	5	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#392	6	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#307	9	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#406	5	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#310	9	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#375	6	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#389	5	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#345	6	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#288	9	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#262	11	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#295	9	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#334	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#540	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#435	10	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#437	10	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	12	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#461	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#511	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#399	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#335	9	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#298	10	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	12	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	5	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	12	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	12	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	19	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	12	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	13	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#221	12	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#210	13	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#198	15	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#194	15	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1946 and 2024, ranked in 68 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #194, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 90 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 78 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Lili · #351, 29y
Lilia · #175, 30y
Liliana · #123, 47y
Liliane · #2346, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Hasan · #191, 73y
Josef · #189, 70y
Daniela · #207, 64y
Rene · #175, 68y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Fanny · #194, 48y
Wiggo · #194, 36y
Anne-Mette · #195, 39y
Elfrid · #193, 18y

Lilian was ranked #194 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lilian and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lilian without appearing here.

Lilian moved ahead of

Carmel Compare
In 2008 they stood at #705 and #624 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #379 and #893.
Bridget Compare
In 2023 they stood at #754 and #694 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #558 and #1007.
Bernadette Compare
In 2007 they stood at #705 and #505 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #430 and #862.
Gemma Compare
In 2012 they stood at #624 and #580 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #575 and #982.

Moved ahead of Lilian

Matilda Compare
In 2005 they stood at #461 and #523 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #635 and #260.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #569 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #624 and #284.
Linnea Compare
In 1985 they stood at #537 and #539 in Norway · Girls; by 1986 that had become #658 and #319.
Aria Compare
In 2011 they stood at #569 and #615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #624 and #294.

Moved the opposite way to Lilian

Ada Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Lilian went from #334 to #500 while Ada went from #256 to #16.
Alice Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Lilian went from #334 to #500 while Alice went from #257 to #153.
Alma Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Lilian went from #334 to #500 while Alma went from #390 to #8.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Lilian went from #334 to #500 while Charlotte went from #345 to #141.

Moved the same way as Lilian

Anne Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Lilian went from #334 to #500 and Anne from #1 to #150.
Åse Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Lilian went from #334 to #500 and Åse from #23 to #128.
Bjørg Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Lilian went from #334 to #500 and Bjørg from #6 to #388.
Elin Compare
Between 1946 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Lilian went from #334 to #500 and Elin from #38 to #216.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1946 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #194 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lilian

Lilian at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lilian across 3 official records

Lilian by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lilian appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Lilian

Lilian and the names beside it

Lilian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lilian

Moved the opposite way to Lilian

Moved the same way as Lilian

Lilian at a glance

Lilian across 3 official records

Lilian by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lilian appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Lilian

Lilian and the names beside it

Lilian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lilian

Moved the opposite way to Lilian

Moved the same way as Lilian