NameTides

Lilly

Lilly was the #252 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,218 babies), and #129 in England & Wales and #294 in Canada.

Lilly as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Lilly as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandUSCanada
Lilly as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#252 (1,218)#129 (382)#83 (50)#177 (10)#141 (32)#294 (105)——
2024#261 (1,221)#130 (375)#138 (32)#227 (7)#123 (37)#260 (115)——
2023#257 (1,202)#110 (439)#109 (40)#151 (13)#108 (47)#268 (110)——
2022#230 (1,315)#92 (538)#92 (47)#201 (9)#134 (40)#291 (102)——
2021#218 (1,356)#96 (551)#96 (45)#143 (16)#160 (30)#233 (134)——
2020#229 (1,289)#91 (565)#69 (63)#119 (17)#101 (53)#257 (116)——
2019#190 (1,553)#86 (625)#84 (53)#167 (12)#105 (51)#252 (126)——
2018#160 (1,788)#67 (785)#61 (74)#179 (11)#85 (72)#220 (137)——
2017#152 (1,932)#64 (884)#50 (98)#110 (21)#95 (63)#208 (146)#89 (81)#84 (66)
2016#143 (2,172)#60 (1,014)#47 (102)#118 (21)#84 (70)#201 (155)#95 (76)—
2015#139 (2,325)#50 (1,146)#50 (93)#129 (18)#80 (81)#180 (175)#77 (94)—
2014#124 (2,582)#40 (1,352)#48 (106)#119 (21)#76 (90)#172 (195)#68 (105)#93 (57)
2013#122 (2,620)#37 (1,386)#48 (111)#141 (14)#86 (75)#147 (208)#59 (115)#62 (81)
2012#110 (2,791)#33 (1,536)#53 (105)#106 (23)#75 (94)#183 (177)#47 (143)#49 (99)
2011#103 (2,873)#27 (1,950)#42 (134)#106 (23)#78 (91)#139 (219)#40 (164)#44 (96)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #103.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 660common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 360common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 730common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 660common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lilly is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lilly by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #274WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #149NHWashington: #452WAIdaho: #244IDMontana: #168MTNorth Dakota: #117NDMinnesota: #344MNIllinois: #290ILMichigan: #235MINew York: #380NYMassachusetts: #353MAOregon: #207ORNevada: #374NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #226IAIndiana: #201INOhio: #210OHPennsylvania: #288PANew Jersey: #422NJConnecticut: #248CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #296CAUtah: #193UTColorado: #354CONebraska: #296NEMissouri: #221MOKentucky: #165KYWest Virginia: #124WVVirginia: #164VAMaryland: #304MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #282AZNew Mexico: #249NMKansas: #404KSArkansas: #188ARTennessee: #204TNNorth Carolina: #171NCSouth Carolina: #163SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #166OKLouisiana: #224LAMississippi: #151MSAlabama: #160ALGeorgia: #232GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #322TXFlorida: #244FL
Lilly (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#28045
Quebec2025#5009

Lilly (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
LillyCanadaGirls#294105
LillyEngland & WalesGirls#129382
Lilly-England & WalesGirls—too few
LillyIrelandGirls#14132
LillyNorthern IrelandGirls#17710
LillyNSWGirls—too few
LillyScotlandGirls#8350
LillyUSGirls#2521,218
LillyUSBoys—too few
LillyVICGirls—too few