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Lilah

Lilah: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“night”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
LY-lə · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Often treated as a variant of Lila or Leila, from Arabic layla meaning 'night'. It can also be used as an English ornamental spelling influenced by Delilah forms.

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How popular is Lilah?

2024506 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Lilah in 20241,685

2024 rank#179 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 188022,916

Lilah is rising: use over the last five years is 1.5× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Lilah

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Lilanight · Arabic
  • Lylahnight · Arabic
  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
  • Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Lilah questions

What does the name Lilah mean?

Lilah means "night". It comes from Arabic. Often treated as a variant of Lila or Leila, from Arabic layla meaning 'night'. It can also be used as an English ornamental spelling influenced by Delilah forms.

Is Lilah a boy or girl name?

Lilah is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Lilah?

1,685 US babies were named Lilah in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Lilah?

Lilah is usually pronounced LY-lə.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.