Lilja

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lilja: Recorded since 1977, with a gap of 12 years, it reached #104 in 2013, and it stood at #148 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
44times a registrar ranked it
49years from first to last
#104highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Lilja's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2008–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#4524
2009	#3031
2010	#4688
2011	#3185
2012	#2717
2013	#3160
2014	#5691
2015	#5730
2016	#3609
2019	#3541
2021	#5581
2022	#2888

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 31 of the 49 years from 1977 to 2025.

In 2022: #226 among girls in Norway, #2888 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1977–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1977
First recorded at #611 among girls in Norway in 1977 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1977–2025
Highest recorded position: #104 among girls in Norway, in 2013 (recorded 1977–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #148 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Lilja appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 31 years beginning in 1977, and has registered 764 births with the name.

Lilja across 2 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.

Lilja'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	#611 (1977)	#104 (2013)	#148 (2025)	31 of 49	764 (1977–2025)	62 (2013)
England and Wales · Girls	#4524 (2008)	#2717 (2012)	#2888 (2022)	12 of 15	67 (2008–2022)	9 (2012)

Lilja by decade in Norway · 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 Lilja in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	4	1 of 10	4
1990s	19	4 of 10	5
2000s	158	10 of 10	16
2010sbusiest	427	10 of 10	43
2020s	156	6 of 10	26

Across Norway · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 43 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Lilja 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 3 regions, from 1977 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #104 in Norway in 2013.

Lilja'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#148	35	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#187	25	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#222	20	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#226	18	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#150	31	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#173	27	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#160	32	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#170	31	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#195	27	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#143	41	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#160	38	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#113	53	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#104	62	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#119	58	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#168	35	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#137	50	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#156	42	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#179	34	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#253	21	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#334	13	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#293	16	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#364	11	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#602	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#514	6	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#457	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#613	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#624	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#646	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#640	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#527	7	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#611	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1977 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #104, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 62 births, registered in Norway in 2013.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 33 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.

Liliwen · #2178, 11y
Liliya · #2115, 19y
Lill · #63, 68y
Lilla · #798, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Alesha · #104, 29y
Cuan · #102, 31y
Eirinn · #102, 26y
Mirren · #106, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Kerri · #104, 39y
Dominik · #103, 51y
Liva · #107, 36y
Annabel · #100, 35y

Lilja was ranked #104 in Norway · 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.

Lilja 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 Lilja without appearing here.

Lilja moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3185 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.
Cecilie Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5581 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #5669.
Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3541 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #5669.
Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Lilja

Rory Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #2201.
Francis Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3541 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #4634.
Noah Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #2869.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3031 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3185 and #2893.

Moved the opposite way to Lilja

Anita Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lilja went from #611 to #148 while Anita went from #14 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lilja went from #611 to #148 while Anne went from #2 to #159.
Aud Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lilja went from #611 to #148 while Aud went from #161 to #427.
Bjørg Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lilja went from #611 to #148 while Bjørg went from #180 to #369.

Moved the same way as Lilja

Ada Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lilja went from #611 to #148 and Ada from #446 to #18.
Alma Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lilja went from #611 to #148 and Alma from #450 to #8.
Amanda Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lilja went from #611 to #148 and Amanda from #588 to #52.
Andrea Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Lilja went from #611 to #148 and Andrea from #200 to #98.

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 3 regions, from 1977 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #104 in Norway in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Lilja

Lilja at a glance

What stands out in Lilja's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lilja across 2 official records

Lilja by decade in Norway · Girls

Lilja appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Lilja at a glance

What stands out in Lilja's record

Lilja across 2 official records

Lilja by decade in Norway · Girls

Lilja appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Lilja

Lilja and the names beside it

Lilja moved ahead of

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