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A given name in Swedish, Danish and 3 more
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Swedish
01 / Meaning & origin
Lill is a feminine given name documented in Swedish, Danish, Finnish and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.
Short form of Lillian, Lilly, and other names containing the syllable -li-. Also associated with lille (“little”).
02 / Across borders
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4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Published statistics
United States, 1960: 5 girls (rank 6390).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Lill
Recorded category girls
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 40 | 130 | observed |
| 1946 | 36 | 143 | observed |
| 1947 | 35 | 144 | observed |
| 1948 | 43 | 122 | observed |
| 1949 | 45 | 118 | observed |
| 1950 | 33 | 138 | observed |
| 1951 | 43 | 115 | observed |
| 1952 | 59 | 91 | observed |
| 1953 | 37 | 132 | observed |
| 1954 | 58 | 95 | observed |
| 1955 | 55 | 94 | observed |
| 1956 | 57 | 99 | observed |
| 1957 | 76 | 79 | observed |
| 1958 | 51 | 102 | observed |
| 1959 | 59 | 94 | observed |
| 1960 | 66 | 88 | observed |
| 1961 | 76 | 85 | observed |
| 1962 | 70 | 89 | observed |
| 1963 | 70 | 91 | observed |
| 1964 | 69 | 96 | observed |
| 1965 | 52 | 110 | observed |
| 1966 | 67 | 98 | observed |
| 1967 | 86 | 88 | observed |
| 1968 | 97 | 83 | observed |
| 1969 | 103 | 79 | observed |
| 1970 | 108 | 75 | observed |
| 1971 | 127 | 63 | observed |
| 1972 | 117 | 65 | observed |
| 1973 | 89 | 86 | observed |
| 1974 | 81 | 85 | observed |
| 1975 | 78 | 90 | observed |
| 1976 | 65 | 100 | observed |
| 1977 | 65 | 96 | observed |
| 1978 | 49 | 126 | observed |
| 1979 | 49 | 130 | observed |
| 1980 | 44 | 141 | observed |
| 1981 | 45 | 147 | observed |
| 1982 | 43 | 150 | observed |
| 1983 | 28 | 191 | observed |
| 1984 | 40 | 156 | observed |
| 1985 | 56 | 122 | observed |
| 1986 | 36 | 179 | observed |
| 1987 | 38 | 175 | observed |
| 1988 | 48 | 147 | observed |
| 1989 | 24 | 233 | observed |
| 1990 | 25 | 230 | observed |
| 1991 | 31 | 197 | observed |
| 1992 | 24 | 218 | observed |
| 1993 | 28 | 210 | observed |
| 1994 | 16 | 274 | observed |
| 1995 | 13 | 311 | observed |
| 1996 | 5 | 554 | observed |
| 1997 | 12 | 319 | observed |
| 1998 | 6 | 482 | observed |
| 1999 | 9 | 387 | observed |
| 2000 | 7 | 449 | observed |
| 2001 | 9 | 390 | observed |
| 2002 | 4 | 589 | observed |
| 2003 | 7 | 442 | observed |
| 2004 | 6 | 465 | observed |
| 2005 | 7 | 445 | observed |
| 2006 | 6 | 506 | observed |
| 2007 | 8 | 441 | observed |
| 2008 | 9 | 413 | observed |
| 2009 | 5 | 544 | observed |
| 2010 | 5 | 545 | observed |
| 2011 | 6 | 494 | observed |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | 8 | 435 | observed |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Lill” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
