Lila is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 2010 and remains in steady use.
Lila is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #187 for girl births in the United States (and #409 across all names), given to 1,670 babies. Lila was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2010 (1,969 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,670 | 1,670 | #187 | — |
| 2024 | 1,482 | 1,482 | #207 | — |
| 2023 | 1,401 | 1,401 | #213 | — |
| 2022 | 1,354 | 1,354 | #221 | — |
| 2021 | 1,341 | 1,341 | #223 | — |
| 2020 | 1,298 | 1,298 | #228 | — |
| 2019 | 1,373 | 1,373 | #228 | — |
| 2018 | 1,405 | 1,405 | #225 | — |
| 2017 | 1,474 | 1,474 | #210 | — |
| 2016 | 1,561 | 1,561 | #210 | — |
| 2015 | 1,658 | 1,658 | #199 | — |
| 2014 | 1,776 | 1,776 | #184 | — |
| 2013 | 1,703 | 1,703 | #190 | — |
| 2012 | 1,728 | 1,728 | #182 | — |
| 2011 | 1,921 | 1,921 | #163 | — |
| 2010 | 1,969 | 1,969 | #155 | — |
| 2009 | 1,935 | 1,935 | #168 | — |
| 2008 | 1,852 | 1,852 | #180 | — |
| 2007 | 1,357 | 1,357 | #259 | — |
| 2006 | 1,006 | 1,006 | #329 | — |
| 2005 | 680 | 680 | #448 | — |
| 2004 | 599 | 599 | #491 | — |
| 2003 | 492 | 492 | #569 | — |
| 2002 | 414 | 414 | #618 | — |
| 2001 | 394 | 394 | #641 | — |
| 2000 | 307 | 307 | #751 | — |
| 1999 | 312 | 312 | #724 | — |
| 1998 | 224 | 224 | #930 | — |
| 1997 | 156 | — | #1,179 | — |
| 1996 | 131 | — | #1,313 | — |
| 1995 | 124 | — | #1,333 | — |
| 1994 | 139 | — | #1,244 | — |
| 1993 | 106 | — | #1,500 | — |
| 1992 | 109 | — | #1,457 | — |
| 1991 | 134 | — | #1,258 | — |
| 1990 | 125 | — | #1,304 | — |
| 1989 | 126 | — | #1,254 | — |
| 1988 | 103 | — | #1,378 | — |
| 1987 | 112 | — | #1,262 | — |
| 1986 | 114 | — | #1,217 | — |
| 1985 | 132 | — | #1,101 | — |
| 1984 | 98 | — | #1,281 | — |
| 1983 | 123 | — | #1,107 | — |
| 1982 | 148 | — | #1,002 | — |
| 1981 | 149 | — | #984 | — |
| 1980 | 150 | — | #988 | — |
| 1979 | 137 | — | #1,026 | — |
| 1978 | 114 | — | #1,135 | — |
| 1977 | 118 | — | #1,099 | — |
| 1976 | 112 | — | #1,090 | — |
| 1975 | 103 | — | #1,134 | — |
| 1974 | 148 | — | #879 | — |
| 1973 | 135 | — | #912 | — |
| 1972 | 132 | — | #933 | — |
| 1971 | 112 | — | #1,080 | — |
| 1970 | 123 | — | #1,014 | — |
| 1969 | 141 | — | #888 | — |
| 1968 | 115 | — | #970 | — |
| 1967 | 126 | — | #912 | — |
| 1966 | 146 | — | #825 | — |
| 1965 | 167 | — | #767 | — |
| 1964 | 227 | — | #678 | — |
| 1963 | 234 | — | #661 | — |
| 1962 | 195 | — | #738 | — |
| 1961 | 263 | — | #629 | — |
| 1960 | 291 | — | #580 | — |
| 1959 | 304 | — | #560 | — |
| 1958 | 293 | — | #579 | — |
| 1957 | 362 | — | #497 | — |
| 1956 | 428 | — | #443 | — |
| 1955 | 355 | — | #483 | — |
| 1954 | 359 | — | #467 | — |
| 1953 | 340 | — | #458 | — |
| 1952 | 414 | — | #419 | — |
| 1951 | 363 | — | #439 | — |
| 1950 | 351 | — | #432 | — |
| 1949 | 388 | — | #405 | — |
| 1948 | 421 | — | #388 | — |
| 1947 | 411 | — | #397 | — |
| 1946 | 386 | — | #387 | — |
| 1945 | 368 | — | #362 | — |
| 1944 | 414 | — | #338 | — |
| 1943 | 487 | — | #316 | — |
| 1942 | 482 | — | #316 | — |
| 1941 | 522 | — | #282 | — |
| 1940 | 529 | — | #270 | — |
| 1939 | 488 | — | #284 | #3,323 |
| 1938 | 531 | — | #275 | — |
| 1937 | 578 | — | #257 | — |
| 1936 | 646 | — | #244 | — |
| 1935 | 760 | — | #226 | #3,135 |
| 1934 | 852 | — | #210 | #2,858 |
| 1933 | 859 | — | #204 | — |
| 1932 | 954 | — | #193 | #4,075 |
| 1931 | 1,000 | — | #184 | #4,098 |
| 1930 | 1,208 | — | #170 | #4,320 |
| 1929 | 1,108 | — | #180 | — |
| 1928 | 1,039 | — | #195 | #4,482 |
| 1927 | 1,059 | — | #193 | — |
| 1926 | 1,085 | — | #190 | — |
| 1925 | 1,248 | — | #175 | — |
| 1924 | 1,058 | — | #199 | #4,709 |
| 1923 | 1,064 | — | #196 | — |
| 1922 | 924 | — | #212 | #4,688 |
| 1921 | 894 | — | #213 | — |
| 1920 | 846 | — | #227 | #4,084 |
| 1919 | 749 | — | #227 | — |
| 1918 | 748 | — | #231 | — |
| 1917 | 678 | — | #240 | — |
| 1916 | 708 | — | #230 | — |
| 1915 | 684 | — | #230 | — |
| 1914 | 561 | — | #226 | — |
| 1913 | 430 | — | #231 | — |
| 1912 | 396 | — | #226 | — |
| 1911 | 302 | — | #227 | — |
| 1910 | 311 | — | #209 | — |
| 1909 | 259 | — | #219 | — |
| 1908 | 254 | — | #213 | — |
| 1907 | 218 | — | #224 | — |
| 1906 | 242 | — | #196 | — |
| 1905 | 211 | — | #212 | — |
| 1904 | 259 | — | #186 | — |
| 1903 | 206 | — | #203 | — |
| 1902 | 239 | — | #189 | — |
| 1901 | 181 | — | #214 | — |
| 1900 | 268 | — | #191 | — |
| 1899 | 190 | — | #202 | — |
| 1898 | 208 | — | #204 | — |
| 1897 | 176 | — | #207 | — |
| 1896 | 201 | — | #195 | — |
| 1895 | 175 | — | #204 | — |
| 1894 | 161 | — | #211 | — |
| 1893 | 167 | — | #200 | — |
| 1892 | 147 | — | #211 | — |
| 1891 | 128 | — | #208 | — |
| 1890 | 120 | — | #222 | — |
| 1889 | 113 | — | #217 | — |
| 1888 | 88 | — | #248 | — |
| 1887 | 74 | — | #244 | — |
| 1886 | 69 | — | #249 | — |
| 1885 | 62 | — | #254 | — |
| 1884 | 73 | — | #224 | — |
| 1883 | 69 | — | #213 | — |
| 1882 | 65 | — | #206 | — |
| 1881 | 42 | — | #245 | — |
| 1880 | 36 | — | #257 | — |