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Girl's name · #187 in the US (2025) · Comeback
Lila was #170 in 1930, slipped to #1500 by 1993, and has climbed back to #187 today. Roughly 76,000 girls have been named Lila since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#90 in France (2025) · #102 in Poland (2025) · #132 in N. Ireland (2025) · #143 in New Zealand (2025) · #179 in England & Wales (2025) · #216 in Belgium (2025) · #217 in Scotland (2025) · #221 in Slovenia (2025) · #242 in Canada (2025) · #273 in Ireland (2025) · #334 in Switzerland (2025) · #428 in Netherlands (2025) and 5 more.
Among 215 notable people named Lila:
Entertainers appear 2.07× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lila Downs, Mexican singer-songwriter (born 1968).
Together with its spelling variants Lyla (#80), Lilah (#179), and Lylah (#585), Lila would rank around #16 with about 7,000 births last year — the newborns split about 44/25/24/7 across Lyla, Lilah, Lila, and Lylah.
Similar names: Leila · Aisha · Lilly · Nyla · Aliyah · Ayla
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