Lilien
Lilien is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Ephraim Moses Lilien (1874–1925), American art nouveau illustrator and printmaker Gary Lilien, American management professor Kurt Lilien (1882–1943), German actor Marya Lilien, Polish architect
- Hungarian
Meaning & Origin of Lilien
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lilien is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Ephraim Moses Lilien (1874–1925), American art nouveau illustrator and printmaker Gary Lilien, American management professor Kurt Lilien (1882–1943), German actor Marya Lilien, Polish architect
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hungarian
The Story of Lilien
The earliest SSA record of Lilien as a baby girl name dates back to 1920, when 5 babies received it. 2013 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Lilien — #13,149 in the national rankings. About 71% of every Lilien on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Lilien last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 35 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Lilien
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Lilien. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Lilien
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About the name Lilien
Lilien is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1920 and has accumulated 35 births in the dataset. Lilien's peak popularity came in 2013 when it ranked #13,149. Use the chart and map above to compare Lilien's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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