Vilia
Vilia is a village and a former municipality of West Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Mandra-Eidyllia, of which it is a municipal unit. Its population was 2,514 at the 2021 census. It is part of Athens metropolitan area. The inhabitants of Vilia are Arvanites.
Meaning & Origin of Vilia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Vilia is a village and a former municipality of West Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Mandra-Eidyllia, of which it is a municipal unit. Its population was 2,514 at the 2021 census. It is part of Athens metropolitan area. The inhabitants of Vilia are Arvanites.
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The Story of Vilia
The earliest SSA record of Vilia as a baby girl name dates back to 1946, when 5 babies received it. 1946 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Vilia — #4,960 in the national rankings. About 33% of every Vilia on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Vilia last appeared in the published SSA data in 1963, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 15 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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Notable people named Vilia
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- Ellie Lambeti (1926–1983) actress
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About the name Vilia
Vilia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1946 and has accumulated 15 births in the dataset. Vilia's peak popularity came in 1946 when it ranked #4,960. Use the chart and map above to compare Vilia'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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