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Lilith

Lilith means "Hebrew/Akkadian, mythological figure" and comes from Hebrew, giving it real etymological depth as a girl's name. It shows no signs of slowing down, reaching new highs in the 2010s. In the current registry, it is a real rarity. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.

HebrewHebrew/Akkadian, mythological figure
EtymologyPossibly "of the night" or "screech owl"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
35
1920s
23
1930s
9
1940s
5
1950s
0
1960s
26
1970s
41
1980s
17
1990s
256
2000s
1,353
2010s
3,363
Peaked in the 2010s · 5,128 total U.S. births since 1900