Lilah

Meaning: She who weakened
Origin: Hebrew — Short form of Delilah, also a variant of Leila

Girl's name · #179 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Lilah is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1884, it stood at #179 in 2025; about 25,000 girls have been named Lilah along the way.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 48 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#85 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #99 in England & Wales (2025) · #100 in Scotland (2025) · #111 in N. Ireland (2025) · #123 in New Zealand (2025) · #186 in Canada (2025) · #186 in Ireland (2025) · #2,203 in Sweden (2025) · #5,460 in France (2025) · #1,629 in Austria (2024) · #10,102 in Ecuador (2017).

Famous Lilahs

Lilah Fear — British ice dancer (born 1999)
Lilah Richcreek Estrada — American actress (born 1989)
Lilah Pate — American actress (born 2004)
Lilah Sturges — American comics writer (born 1970)
Lilah Parsons — English broadcast journalist (born 1988)

In stories & tradition

Lilah Morgan — Angel (TV series)
Lilah Bronze — Rain (book)

What Lilahs become

Among 16 notable people named Lilah:

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Lyla (#80), Lila (#187), and Lylah (#585), Lilah 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: Delilah · Selah · Lia · Evie · Lilith · Zara

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