# Lilly (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lilly/  
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 | /ˈlɪl.i/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 66,752 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 24 / 66,728 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 22,050, 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 | 2,873 | 103 |
| 2012 | 2,791 | 110 |
| 2013 | 2,620 | 122 |
| 2014 | 2,582 | 124 |
| 2015 | 2,325 | 139 |
| 2016 | 2,172 | 143 |
| 2017 | 1,932 | 152 |
| 2018 | 1,788 | 160 |
| 2019 | 1,553 | 190 |
| 2020 | 1,289 | 229 |
| 2021 | 1,356 | 218 |
| 2022 | 1,315 | 230 |
| 2023 | 1,202 | 257 |
| 2024 | 1,221 | 261 |
| 2025 | 1,218 | 252 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 9 | 7,930 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,587 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,604 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13,785 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,950 | 27 |
| 2012 | 1,536 | 33 |
| 2013 | 1,386 | 37 |
| 2014 | 1,352 | 40 |
| 2015 | 1,146 | 50 |
| 2016 | 1,014 | 60 |
| 2017 | 884 | 64 |
| 2018 | 785 | 67 |
| 2019 | 625 | 86 |
| 2020 | 565 | 91 |
| 2021 | 551 | 96 |
| 2022 | 538 | 92 |
| 2023 | 439 | 110 |
| 2024 | 375 | 130 |
| 2025 | 382 | 129 |

## People named Lilly

- Lilly Singh, Canadian YouTube personality, vlogger and comedian
- Lilly Reich, German designer (1885–1947)
- Lilly Platt, British environmentalist
- Lilly Scholz, figure skater (1903–1994)
- Lilly Steinschneider, Austro-Hungarian aviator
- Lilly Ledbetter, American businesswoman (1938–2024)
- Lilly Krug, German film and television actress and social media celebrity
- Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (1931–2013)
- Lilly Daché, fashion designer (1898–1989)
- Lilly Reale, American soccer player
- Lilly Gabriela Montaño Viaña, Bolivian politician
- Madison Bailey, American actress (born 1999)

## 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.