Lilith

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Lilith is ranked 256th among girls in 2024 (1,240 births). Its best rank was 232nd, in 2023.

Rank in 2024: #256down 24 from 2023
Births in 2024: 1,2400.08% of girls
Peak year: 20231,298 births
Best rank: #232in 2023
Since 1913: 12,404people given the name

Babies named Lilith, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

12,404 girls have been named Lilith in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 1,298 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 47%. It has spent 15 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Lilith
1910s	35
1920s	23
1930s	9
1940s	5
1960s	26
1970s	41
1980s	17
1990s	256
2000s	1,353
2010s	4,750
2020s	5,889

In 2023, its biggest year

Lilith was the 232nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2023 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Lilith

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

Lillith1,994 ever

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.