NameTides

Lily

Lily was the #18 girls' name in the US in 2025 (6,673 babies), and #2 in England & Wales and #9 in Canada.

Lily as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Lily 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.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesCanadaUS
Lily 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.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
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#18 (6,673)#2 (2,249)#8 (193)#5 (96)#1 (302)#9 (823)#9 (257)#7 (262)
2024#24 (6,121)#3 (2,185)#4 (231)#6 (95)#6 (253)#9 (800)#11 (255)#10 (259)
2023#20 (6,176)#4 (2,290)#11 (201)#6 (108)#5 (270)#12 (770)#7 (279)#11 (223)
2022#30 (6,012)#5 (2,281)#11 (218)#7 (110)#5 (291)#9 (884)#15 (272)#11 (258)
2021#31 (5,632)#7 (2,182)#11 (205)#14 (94)#9 (271)#13 (820)#15 (266)#20 (219)
2020#35 (5,258)#7 (2,150)#10 (208)#15 (90)#12 (247)#14 (779)#19 (247)#23 (191)
2019#34 (5,461)#9 (2,285)#16 (203)#13 (110)#13 (267)#21 (766)#21 (243)#25 (206)
2018#31 (5,753)#13 (2,184)#15 (219)#9 (125)#15 (262)#19 (805)#23 (237)#21 (199)
2017#33 (5,862)#10 (2,405)#12 (244)#11 (117)#13 (289)#22 (767)#22 (258)#18 (218)
2016#24 (6,610)#7 (2,722)#12 (251)#6 (151)#10 (334)#17 (861)#24 (257)#20 (207)
2015#25 (6,683)#13 (2,711)#10 (279)#15 (121)#11 (341)#18 (850)#23 (254)#20 (197)
2014#27 (6,789)#9 (2,965)#9 (310)#11 (137)#11 (350)#15 (963)#21 (284)#22 (185)
2013#27 (7,004)#12 (2,883)#11 (288)#17 (123)#17 (309)#15 (942)#17 (305)#16 (231)
2012#16 (7,970)#5 (3,802)#7 (402)#13 (140)#5 (449)#9 (1,126)#15 (368)#14 (308)
2011#15 (8,192)#3 (4,761)#2 (491)#5 (170)#5 (496)#9 (1,134)#14 (395)#10 (334)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #15.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 240 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 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 240common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 110very common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 93very common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 76very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 70very common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 180very common

Next year

On its recent trend, Lily is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 230 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 220 to 1 in 250.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lily by state, 2025Alaska: #15AKMaine: #31MEWisconsin: #18WIVermont: #30VTNew Hampshire: #18NHWashington: #13WAIdaho: #38IDMontana: #20MTNorth Dakota: #30NDMinnesota: #18MNIllinois: #21ILMichigan: #19MINew York: #16NYMassachusetts: #22MAOregon: #55ORNevada: #42NVWyoming: #24WYSouth Dakota: #14SDIowa: #21IAIndiana: #44INOhio: #27OHPennsylvania: #21PANew Jersey: #17NJConnecticut: #11CTRhode Island: #31RICalifornia: #25CAUtah: #10UTColorado: #14CONebraska: #33NEMissouri: #24MOKentucky: #16KYWest Virginia: #44WVVirginia: #16VAMaryland: #20MDDelaware: #23DEArizona: #32AZNew Mexico: #26NMKansas: #21KSArkansas: #16ARTennessee: #14TNNorth Carolina: #18NCSouth Carolina: #13SCDistrict of Columbia: #13DCOklahoma: #23OKLouisiana: #23LAMississippi: #41MSAlabama: #15ALGeorgia: #20GAHawaii: #11HITexas: #31TXFlorida: #17FL
Lily (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#15325
Quebec2025#33156

Lily (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
LilyCanadaGirls#9823
LilyEngland & WalesGirls#22,249
Lily-England & WalesGirls—too few
LilyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
LilyIrelandGirls#1302
LilyNorthern IrelandGirls#596
LilyNSWGirls#9257
LilyScotlandGirls#8193
LilyUSGirls#186,673
LilyUSBoys—too few
LilyVICGirls#7262