Lillias
Lilias or Lillias is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Lilias Armstrong, British phonetician Lilias Craven, fictional character in the children's novel The Secret Garden (1911) Lilias Farley (1907–1989), Canadian artist Lilias Folan, television show host Lilias Mary Gower, Welsh croquet player Lillias MacDonald (1885–1961), American college dean Lilias Mackinnon…
- Scottish
Meaning & Origin of Lillias
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lilias or Lillias is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Lilias Armstrong, British phonetician Lilias Craven, fictional character in the children's novel The Secret Garden (1911) Lilias Farley (1907–1989), Canadian artist Lilias Folan, television show host Lilias Mary Gower, Welsh croquet player Lillias MacDonald (1885–1961), American college dean Lilias Mackinnon…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Scottish
The Story of Lillias
American parents first put Lillias on the record books as a baby girl name in 1892, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1918, when 12 Lilliass were born — ranking #2,674 that year. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 37% of all recorded Lilliass. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1938 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 194 Lilliass have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Lillias
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About the name Lillias
Lillias is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1892 and has accumulated 194 births in the dataset. Lillias's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #2,674. Use the chart and map above to compare Lillias'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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