# Lilli (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lilli/  
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 | 3,383 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,383 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,164, 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 | 155 | 1,457 |
| 2012 | 127 | 1,678 |
| 2013 | 112 | 1,821 |
| 2014 | 78 | 2,363 |
| 2015 | 72 | 2,518 |
| 2016 | 72 | 2,511 |
| 2017 | 74 | 2,450 |
| 2018 | 55 | 2,991 |
| 2019 | 51 | 3,150 |
| 2020 | 49 | 3,207 |
| 2021 | 49 | 3,278 |
| 2022 | 38 | 3,932 |
| 2023 | 31 | 4,517 |
| 2024 | 37 | 4,009 |
| 2025 | 37 | 3,953 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 78 | 534 |
| 2012 | 37 | 975 |
| 2013 | 27 | 1,253 |
| 2014 | 28 | 1,204 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,854 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Lilli

- Lilli Palmer, German actress (1914–1986)
- Lilli Suburg, Estonian journalist (1841-1923)
- Lilli Schwarzkopf, German heptathlete
- Lilli Lehmann, German operatic soprano (1848–1929)
- Lilli Promet, Estonian writer (1922–2007)
- Lilli Hornig, American Czechoslovakian-born scientist
- Lilli Tagger, Austrian tennis player
- Lilli Gyldenkilde, Danish politician
- Lilli Hollunder, German actress
- Lilli Schweiger, German 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.