# Lili (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lili/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,862 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,862 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,225, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 98 | 2,010 |
| 2012 | 90 | 2,125 |
| 2013 | 81 | 2,295 |
| 2014 | 71 | 2,527 |
| 2015 | 59 | 2,955 |
| 2016 | 62 | 2,788 |
| 2017 | 61 | 2,806 |
| 2018 | 54 | 3,033 |
| 2019 | 48 | 3,309 |
| 2020 | 53 | 3,047 |
| 2021 | 55 | 3,025 |
| 2022 | 67 | 2,622 |
| 2023 | 71 | 2,509 |
| 2024 | 55 | 2,997 |
| 2025 | 61 | 2,800 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 93 | 458 |
| 2012 | 81 | 522 |
| 2013 | 86 | 492 |
| 2014 | 83 | 508 |
| 2015 | 80 | 539 |
| 2016 | 65 | 645 |
| 2017 | 65 | 637 |
| 2018 | 70 | 587 |
| 2019 | 67 | 590 |
| 2020 | 70 | 559 |
| 2021 | 57 | 674 |
| 2022 | 72 | 541 |
| 2023 | 80 | 496 |
| 2024 | 79 | 497 |
| 2025 | 72 | 551 |

## People named Lili

- Lili Reinhart, American actress (born 1996)
- Lili Elbe, Danish painter and transgender woman (1882–1931)
- Lili Boulanger, French composer (1893–1918)
- Lili Taylor, American actress
- Lili Simmons, American actress and model
- Li Lili, Chinese actress (1915-2005)
- Lili Bech, actress (1885-1939)
- Wang Lili, Chinese basketball player (born 1992)
- Lili Boniche, Algerian musician (1922–2008)
- Lili Haydn, American musician
- Lili Ziedner, actress (1885–1939)
- Lili Mirojnick, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.