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How popular is the name Lilla?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lillas are alive today.
Lilla (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Lyla in England and Wales, ranked 3696th in 2024 and given to 6 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2009, when 19 babies were given the name, the 1467th most popular that year. It has declined since 2009; the 2024 figure is roughly 32% of its peak. Common short forms of Lilla include Lily, Lilly and Lili.
Across all spellings of the name, the Lyla you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Lylas born in England and Wales are between 4 and 13, and there are at least 14,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 4.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Lyla.
How many babies are named Lilla each year?
Includes all spellings: Lilla, Lilah, Lyla. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Lilla spelling rank?
Where does the Lilah spelling rank?
Where does the Lyla spelling rank?
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 Lilla most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Lyla, peaked in 2025, when 1,215 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Lilla spelling itself peaked in 2009, with 19 babies.
How many people are called Lilla?
At least 14,000 people named Lilla in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Lilla?
Most living Lillas are between 4 and 13; the most common age is about 2.
Is Lilla becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2025 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.