Spellings
Lilith or Lillith?
In the US in 2025, 92% of babies in this name family were spelled Lilith and 8% Lillith. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Lilith already led in 2015, with 86% of the family's births; it has 92% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 601 to 1,212 births (×2).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lilith | 515 | 1,111 | ×2 |
| Lillith | 86 | 101 | +17% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈlɪlɪθ/ (LIL-ith). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Lilith 35 births (#981 among girls). The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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