Name meaning & stats
Lillian
Lillian means “lily” (Latin origin). 211,027 US babies since 1940, peak 2012.
What it means
“lily”
LatinWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2012
211,027 US babies were named Lillian between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Lillian (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 84% of the family
- Lillian 84%
- Lilian 7%
- Lilyann 1%
- Lilyan 1%
- Lillyann 1%
- Lillyan 1%
- Lilyanne 1%
- Lillianne 1%
- Lilliann 1%
- Lillyanne <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2012)