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How popular is the name Lilac?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lilacs are alive today.
Lilac (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 1892nd in 2025 and given to 15 babies. The name peaked in 2015, when 16 babies were given the name, the 1783rd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2024, with 15 babies given the name that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
The Lilac you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Lilacs born in England and Wales are between 5 and 19, and there are at least 250 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Lilac - on average, only one in every 1,260 such rooms contains a Lilac.
How many babies are named Lilac each year?
Where does Lilac rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Lilac most popular?
Lilac peaked in 2015, when 16 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Lilac?
At least 250 people named Lilac born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Lilac?
Most living Lilacs are between 5 and 19; the most common age is about 2.
Is Lilac becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.