Lil

Girl · recorded 1916–1986

  • 1986last recorded
  • 1957best year

Most popular in 1957.

Last recorded in 1986. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Lil.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1916

04719161934195119691986

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 18 recorded years as a table
Lil, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19166
19184
19204
19214
19444
19473
19555
19563
19577
19584
19593
19604
19615
19623
19634
19684
19813
19863

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lil isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1986
5
Rank in 1986
#10,912
How rare
1 in 343,109 girls
Since 1916
126

Lil was last recorded in 1986. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1957, at 7 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lil doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.