Lill
Lill is a name with multiple cultural origins: Norwegian, Swedish.
- Norwegian
- Swedish
Meaning & Origin of Lill
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lill is a name with multiple cultural origins: Norwegian, Swedish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Norwegian
- Swedish
The Story of Lill
Lill first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1946, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1946: 6 births, good for #4,417 nationwide. About 55% of every Lill on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Lill last appeared in the published SSA data in 1960, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Lill
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Lill. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Lill
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About the name Lill
Lill is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1946 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Lill's peak popularity came in 1946 when it ranked #4,417. Use the chart and map above to compare Lill'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.