Lilja
Meaning and origin
We don't have a sourced origin for Lilja yet, and we would rather show nothing than guess.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Lilja has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2015. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 17 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2006 | 23 |
| 2007 | 34 |
| 2008 | 27 |
| 2009 | 35 |
| 2010 | 34 |
| 2011 | 37 |
| 2012 | 44 |
| 2013 | 46 |
| 2014 | 55 |
| 2015 | 62 |
| 2016 | 55 |
| 2017 | 54 |
| 2018 | 60 |
| 2019 | 57 |
| 2020 | 47 |
| 2021 | 32 |
| 2022 | 30 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 255 |
| 2000 | 251 |
| 2001 | 249 |
| 2002 | 249 |
| 2003 | 248 |
| 2004 | 259 |
| 2005 | 262 |
| 2006 | 282 |
| 2007 | 312 |
| 2008 | 330 |
| 2009 | 366 |
| 2010 | 396 |
| 2011 | 424 |
| 2012 | 465 |
| 2013 | 505 |
| 2014 | 563 |
| 2015 | 624 |
| 2016 | 672 |
| 2017 | 721 |
| 2018 | 773 |
| 2019 | 829 |
| 2020 | 866 |
Lilja in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Lilja.Hi! My name is Lilja.
- Lilja ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Lilja called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Jag ska fika med Lilja i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Lilja this afternoon.
- Liljas mamma är lärare.Lilja's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Liljas mamma is Lilja's mum.
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Questions about Lilja
How do you pronounce Lilja in Swedish?
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How popular is Lilja in Sweden?
30 babies were named Lilja in 2022. In 2020, 866 people in Sweden had Lilja as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2015 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.