Lila

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lila: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #178 in 2013, and it stood at #273 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
67times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#178highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1222
1997	#2738
1998	#1823
1999	#1557
2000	#1475
2001	#1170
2002	#1658
2003	#494
2004	#453
2005	#354
2006	#328
2007	#343
2008	#287
2009	#283
2010	#267
2011	#312
2012	#265
2013	#290
2014	#252
2015	#234
2016	#287
2017	#320
2018	#292
2019	#325
2020	#256
2021	#237
2022	#242
2023	#257
2024	#237

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #237 among girls in England and Wales, #244 among girls in Scotland, #342 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1222 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2023
Highest recorded position: #178 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2013 (recorded 2007–2023).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #273 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lila appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 3,631 births with the name.

Lila 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.

Lila'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
England and Wales · Girls	#1222 (1996)	#234 (2015)	#237 (2024)	29 of 29	3,631 (1996–2024)	214 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#655 (2003)	#273 (2025)	#273 (2025)	22 of 23	195 (2003–2025)	15 (2019)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#301 (2007)	#178 (2013)	#209 (2023)	15 of 17	112 (2007–2023)	11 (2013)

Lila by decade in England and Wales · 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 Lila in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	40	4 of 10	10
2000s	888	10 of 10	89
2010s	1,730	10 of 10	173
2020sbusiest	973	5 of 10	195

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 195 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2002 and 2003, when recorded births rose by 54, from 11 to 65.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lila 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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #178 in Northern Ireland in 2013.

Lila'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	#237	204	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#257	178	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#242	196	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#237	211	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#256	184	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#325	144	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#292	162	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#320	150	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#287	175	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#234	214	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#252	194	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#290	161	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#265	188	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#312	157	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#267	185	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#283	168	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#287	166	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#343	127	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#328	132	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#354	113	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#453	77	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#494	65	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1658	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1170	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#209	8	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#237	7	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#246	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#200	9	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#215	8	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#202	10	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#269	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#314	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#178	11	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#246	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#301	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#273	15	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#342	11	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#364	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	12	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	14	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#410	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	15	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#361	12	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	14	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#419	10	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#427	10	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	11	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	11	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#582	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	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	#689	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#244	15	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #178, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 214 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 28 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.

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Lila-Rose · #1854, 17y
Lilac · #1783, 27y

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.

Darci · #178, 30y
Lochlann · #178, 29y
Alara · #179, 28y
Aliza · #177, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Darci · #178, 30y
Rionach · #178, 18y
Alara · #179, 28y
Aliza · #177, 30y

Lila was ranked #178 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2013. 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.

Lila 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 Lila without appearing here.

Lila moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1475 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1170 and #3262.
Tracey Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1658 and #1530 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #494 and #2191.
Carol Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1658 and #1530 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #494 and #1722.
Judith Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1658 and #1372 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #494 and #1722.

Moved ahead of Lila

Harper Compare
In 2012 they stood at #265 and #284 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #290 and #160.
Alma Compare
In 2023 they stood at #364 and #625 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #342 and #213.
Violet Compare
In 2013 they stood at #178 and #370 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #314 and #191.
Éala Compare
In 2018 they stood at #361 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #296 and #180.

Moved the opposite way to Lila

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lila went from #1222 to #237 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lila went from #1222 to #237 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lila went from #1222 to #237 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lila went from #1222 to #237 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Lila

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lila went from #1222 to #237 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lila went from #1222 to #237 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lila went from #1222 to #237 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lila went from #1222 to #237 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #178 in Northern Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lila

Lila at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lila across 3 official records

Lila by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lila appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Lila

Lila and the names beside it

Lila moved ahead of

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Lila at a glance

Lila across 3 official records

Lila by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lila appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Lila

Lila and the names beside it

Lila moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lila

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Moved the same way as Lila