Lila
Girl nameLila has been given to 76,550 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2010 and currently ranks #187 for girls (2025).
Meaning & origin
Variant of Leila or Lilah, depending on pronunciation; also associated with Spanish lila (“lilac”).
Origin: Arabic
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
76,550
Peak year
2010 (1,969 babies)
Rank in 2025
#187 for girls
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▲ +1%
Gender split
100% girls / 0% boys
Famous people named Lila
Lila Downs
Mexican-American singer-songwriter
Lila Tretikov
Russian–American engineer, manager and former executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation
Lila Kedrova
Actress (1909–2000)
Diane Sawyer
American journalist
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Lila.
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