NameTides

Lillie

Lillie was the #675 girls' name in the US in 2025 (420 babies), and #227 in England & Wales and #1,315 in Canada.

Lillie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lillie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIrelandUSCanada
Lillie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#675 (420)#227 (205)#151 (28)#161 (11)#247 (17)#1,315 (19)
2024#682 (418)#214 (227)#138 (32)#150 (13)#181 (25)#1,291 (19)
2023#699 (413)#188 (269)#130 (33)#135 (15)#247 (16)#1,080 (23)
2022#760 (377)#182 (282)#105 (41)#152 (13)#254 (17)#1,362 (17)
2021#779 (364)#197 (264)#109 (41)#143 (16)#242 (19)#1,335 (18)
2020#718 (388)#208 (237)#162 (25)#166 (11)#410 (9)#1,758 (12)
2019#650 (449)#182 (271)#154 (29)#127 (17)#260 (18)#1,683 (13)
2018#667 (442)#189 (278)#167 (27)#238 (7)#235 (20)#1,376 (17)
2017#663 (444)#140 (381)#75 (60)#180 (11)#228 (22)#1,673 (13)
2016#608 (495)#148 (368)#89 (54)#151 (15)#170 (32)#1,690 (13)
2015#576 (531)#150 (358)#160 (28)#136 (17)#276 (18)#1,202 (20)
2014#508 (612)#153 (360)#205 (23)#152 (14)#373 (12)#1,340 (18)
2013#510 (585)#155 (330)#267 (15)#199 (10)#424 (10)#1,364 (17)
2012#495 (622)#150 (376)#129 (35)#146 (13)#398 (12)#1,194 (21)
2011#463 (644)#112 (515)#181 (25)#135 (17)#250 (21)#1,244 (19)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1882 at #36.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 640common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 660common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lillie is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 3,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lillie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #564WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #502MNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: #787MINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #592OHPennsylvania: #725PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,149CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #516MOKentucky: #259KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #433VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #389TNNorth Carolina: #405NCSouth Carolina: #228SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #318ALGeorgia: #487GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #762TXFlorida: #674FL
Lillie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5856

Lillie (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LillieCanadaGirls#1,31519
LillieEngland & WalesGirls#227205
Lillie-England & WalesGirls—too few
LillieIrelandGirls#24717
LillieNorthern IrelandGirls#16111
LillieScotlandGirls#15128
LillieUSGirls#675420
LillieUSBoys—too few