Lillyana
Feminine · “lily”
Lillyana joins Lily to Ana, and the lily's Latin name is probably borrowed from a Mediterranean language nobody has identified.
How old is the name Lillyana?
Lillyana first appears in US birth records in 1995 — 30 years ago. The typical Lillyana is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 3,500 people named Lillyana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lillyana most popular?
Lillyana peaked in 2012, reaching #904 nationally. Today it ranks #2256, 1,352 places below that high. See the whole 2012 chart.
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Where it comes from
From lilium to Lillyana
The story of Lillyana
Lilium is one of a set of Latin plant names Latin itself borrowed from an unidentified older language, alongside rosa. The lily became the flower of the Virgin in Christian art. American families joined it to Ana, and Lillyana appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
lily; grace
A compound of Lily, from the Latin lilium — itself likely a loan from a lost Mediterranean language — and Ana, from the Hebrew channah, 'grace'. Both elements are genuine. The compound and the doubled l are modern American.
How the name formed
- lilium
- Lily Ana
- Lillyana
Related forms: Liliana · Lilyana · Liliana
Pronouncing Lillyana
lil-ee-AH-nuh
Four syllables, stress on the third. Lillyana and Liliana are said nearly identically.
Nicknames for Lillyana
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1995
- Most girls named
- 2012289 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #904reached in 2012
- Change vs 2024
- +39.7%81 in 2025, from 58
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lillyana in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Liliana in English — related form
- Lilyana in English — spelling variant
- Liliana in Spanish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Ohio.
Lillyanas among us
people named Lillyana are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 19,843 born in 2025 was named Lillyana
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Lillyana
- #2256
- Lillyana on the 2025 chart
- #48
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Lillyana went to 81 girls in 2025, but Liliana, Lilliana and Lilianna and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 10 spellings went to 4,784, which makes it the 48th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,208 places above the chart.
and 2 rarer spellings.
About 1 girl in 336 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 19,843 for Lillyana itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Dawne test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lillyana's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Dawne climbed just as high around 1965, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Dawne's path sketches the road Lillyana is walking now.
Lillyana sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Lillyana is headed
Lillyana is easing off slowly — about 25% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Lillyana beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lillyana in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Latin borrowed lilium from a lost language is a genuinely good fact.
- Lilly and Ana are two short forms, both with large records.
- Four syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- Liliana is an older name said almost identically.
- At least five spellings of the sound are in circulation.
- It will be respelled by other people constantly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lillyanas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,500 people named Lillyana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Lillyana?
- Lillyana is one of 8 recorded spellings. Liliana is the more common one — 3,118 births in 2025 against 81 for Lillyana.
- How popular is the name Lillyana in 2025?
- Lillyana ranks #2256 among US girl names in 2025, with 81 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lillyana?
- About 1 in every 19,843 US girls born in 2025 was named Lillyana — 81 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lillyana with classmates?
- Lillyana will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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