Lilah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lilah: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #95, and it stood at #186 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
58times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#95highest recorded position
9groupings 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	#3126
1998	#3848
2000	#2746
2001	#2226
2002	#2301
2003	#1472
2004	#1158
2005	#1121
2006	#958
2007	#742
2008	#668
2009	#738
2010	#526
2011	#502
2012	#397
2013	#270
2014	#248
2015	#273
2016	#267
2017	#217
2018	#249
2019	#217
2020	#195
2021	#171
2022	#116
2023	#95
2024	#116

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 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #108 among girls in Scotland, #110 among girls in Northern Ireland, #116 among girls in England and Wales, #166 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 #3126 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #95 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #186 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lilah appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 3,867 births with the name.

Lilah 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.

Lilah'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	#3126 (1996)	#95 (2023)	#116 (2024)	27 of 29	3,867 (1996–2024)	513 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#750 (2008)	#148 (2023)	#186 (2025)	17 of 18	207 (2008–2025)	32 (2023)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#419 (2009)	#110 (2023)	#110 (2024)	13 of 16	116 (2009–2024)	19 (2023)

Lilah 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 Lilah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	254	10 of 10	25
2010s	1,680	10 of 10	168
2020sbusiest	1,926	5 of 10	385

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 385 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2021 and 2022, when recorded births rose by 147, from 299 to 446.

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

Lilah 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: #95 in England and Wales in 2023.

Lilah'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	#116	416	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#95	513	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#116	446	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#171	299	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#195	252	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#217	226	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#249	199	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#217	240	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#267	187	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#273	178	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#248	198	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#270	175	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#397	117	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#502	84	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#526	76	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#738	49	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#668	55	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#742	45	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#958	30	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1121	22	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1158	20	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#110	18	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#110	19	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#175	11	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#152	15	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#192	9	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#180	11	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#312	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#314	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#186	24	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#166	28	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	32	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#222	20	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	19	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	14	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	11	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#436	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#524	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#462	9	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#560	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#108	40	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 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #95, first reached in 2023.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 513 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, 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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Lilac · #1783, 27y
Lilah-Mae · #1692, 11y
Lilah-Rae · #1501, 12y

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.

Aleisha · #95, 26y
Autumn · #96, 30y
Kora · #96, 27y
Sheree · #94, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aleisha · #95, 26y
Macauley · #95, 29y
Autumn · #96, 30y
Cohen · #96, 30y

Lilah was ranked #95 in England and Wales · Girls in 2023. 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.

Lilah 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 Lilah without appearing here.

Lilah moved ahead of

Josefine Compare
In 2002 they stood at #3848 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1472 and #4373.
Francis Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3126 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1121 and #3970.
Ezra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3848 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #668 and #3397.
Cecilie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3848 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2301 and #4137.

Moved ahead of Lilah

Ivy Compare
In 2011 they stood at #695 and #937 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #560 and #371.
Ada Compare
In 2017 they stood at #180 and #190 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #238 and #92.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #502 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #397 and #284.
Aurora Compare
In 2014 they stood at #314 and #365 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #312 and #312.

Moved the opposite way to Lilah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilah went from #3126 to #116 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilah went from #3126 to #116 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilah went from #3126 to #116 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilah went from #3126 to #116 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Lilah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilah went from #3126 to #116 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilah went from #3126 to #116 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilah went from #3126 to #116 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilah went from #3126 to #116 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #95 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lilah

Lilah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lilah across 3 official records

Lilah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lilah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Lilah moved ahead of

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Lilah at a glance

Lilah across 3 official records

Lilah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lilah 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 Lilah

Lilah and the names beside it

Lilah moved ahead of

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