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Lilliana

girl name
Origin
Latin
Syllables
4
Peak era
2010s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

elaboration of Lillian, probably originally a diminutive of Elizabeth and also associated with Lily

The story

Lilliana looks as though a flower has been given a little more room to bloom. Its history has another possibility tucked inside. Lilliana is a variant of Lillian, which probably began as a short form of Elizabeth. Lillian can also be understood as an elaboration of Lily, the flower name ultimately linked to Latin lilium. The name can point toward Elizabeth while still bringing a flower to mind. Liliana, with one l in the middle, is a related form used in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. Set the spellings together and the resemblance is plain, even while their histories resist a single neat label. The pleasure of Lilliana is partly in that discovery. The flower catches your eye first; Elizabeth may be waiting just behind it.

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How popular is Lilliana around the world?

In the United States, 4,894 babies were named Lilliana between 2020 and 2025. In South Australia, 8 girls were registered as Lilliana in 2017.

Lilliana is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, England and Wales, Canada, Austria, Poland and Brazil.

United States

1 in 4,500

In the United States, 4,894 babies were named Lilliana between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2010s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lilliana peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure. Lilliana went to 1,173 US babies in 2015 and 695 in 2025, 59% of the earlier figure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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South Australia

1 in 2,300 · 2017

In South Australia, 8 girls were registered as Lilliana in 2017.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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England and Wales

1 in 16,000

In England and Wales, 36 girls named Lilliana were born in 2025, the 973rd most common name among girls that year.

1996peak 2022

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Canada

1 in 18,000

In Canada, 20 girls named Lilliana were born in 2024, ranked 1,231st among girls that year.

1991peak 20152024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Austria

1 in 38,000

In Austria, 2 girls named Lilliana were born in 2025, ranked 1,305th among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Poland

1 in 62,000

In Poland, 4 girls named Lilliana were born in 2025, the 498th most common name among girls that year.

2000peak 20152025

share of that year’s name registrations

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Brazil

At the 2022 census, 32 people in Brazil were named Lilliana, ranked 90,373rd, with a median age of 36.

People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Ireland

last on record 2023

Lilliana is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Montevideo City

last on record 1973

Lilliana is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2003

Lilliana is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 39 babies have carried the name there since 1998.

peak 20002025

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Scotland

last on record 2019

Lilliana is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina and New Zealand: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Lilliana

Most people given the name Lilliana in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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