# Lily-May (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lily-may/  
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 | 25 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 25 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,209, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | 18,442 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,590 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16,683 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,562 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 211 | 237 |
| 2012 | 192 | 255 |
| 2013 | 128 | 355 |
| 2014 | 112 | 393 |
| 2015 | 90 | 478 |
| 2016 | 102 | 433 |
| 2017 | 65 | 637 |
| 2018 | 54 | 729 |
| 2019 | 56 | 694 |
| 2020 | 47 | 771 |
| 2021 | 45 | 801 |
| 2022 | 39 | 899 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1,135 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1,491 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,809 |

## 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.