Lila is a girl's name of English origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 1,475 girls in the United States.
Lila belongs to the English & American tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Lila first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #155 in 2010, and in 2024 1,475 babies received the name — 74,807 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Lila is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its English origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Lila is a girl name. In 2024, 1,475 babies received the name in the US.
Lila comes from the English & American tradition.
Lila first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #155 in 2010, and 1,475 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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