Lillie

#675 for girls in 2025, 420 births · Last seen for boys in 1969 at #4,404
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1881 · 678 births
Debut · girls
647 births
In top 100 · girls
48 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
158,918
since 1880

Lillie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #33, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#675420—
2024#682418—
2023#699413—
2022#760377—
2021#779364—
2020#718388—
2019#650449—
2018#667442—
2017#663444—
2016#608495—
2015#576531—
2014#508612—
2013#510585—
2012#495622—
2011#463644—
2010#452682—
2009#426751—
2008#485653—
2007#483671—
2006#488637—
2005#504599—
2004#571500—
2003#633422—
2002#652388—
2001#735326—
2000#757301—
1999#801273—
1998#871242—
1997#1,026187—
1996#1,028182—
1995#1,235138—
1994#1,264135—
1993#1,503105—
1992#1,392118—
1991#1,367119—
1990#1,364116—
1989#1,354113—
1988#1,52188—
1987#1,47088—
1986#1,40591—
1985#1,43987—
1984#1,28497—
1983#1,26698—
1982#1,251104—
1981#1,145119—
1980#1,141119—
1979#1,144116—
1978#1,194105—
1977#1,31588—
1976#1,122106—
1975#1,139102—
1974#905140—
1973#845153—
1972#792173—
1971#695219—
1970#731202—
1969#657228#4,4045
1968#659216—
1967#549293—
1966#538307—
1965#487377—
1964#456458—
1963#491391—
1962#437491#4,0335
1961#436509—
1960#386603#3,3377
1959#371664#3,9885
1958#352683#3,0338
1957#324793—
1956#310829#3,2167
1955#285915—
1954#2541,050—
1953#2481,070—
1952#2331,124—
1951#2221,174#3,7145
1950#2021,320#2,7708
1949#1971,390#2,33711
1948#1891,452—
1947#1911,441#3,3706
1946#1781,487#3,1736
1945#1671,406#2,13111
1944#1591,526#2,8627
1943#1581,594#2,5639
1942#1501,716#1,79916
1941#1441,654#1,63318
1940#1431,691#1,68017
1939#1431,652#1,53219
1938#1321,815#1,61318
1937#1311,899#1,31326
1936#1241,866#1,54019
1935#1181,953#1,42223
1934#1161,977#1,60819
1933#1112,059#1,70717
1932#1112,218#1,46523
1931#1122,118#1,42724
1930#1112,368#1,55922
1929#1032,441#1,33928
1928#1042,621#1,70720
1927#942,861#2,12115
1926#992,845#1,60522
1925#913,119#2,01216
1924#972,979#1,96417
1923#913,036#1,64422
1922#853,200#2,04016
1921#943,118#1,47526
1920#903,162#1,59223
1919#813,262#2,06315
1918#893,112#2,16514
1917#862,931#2,09114
1916#882,825#1,94915
1915#842,687#1,66018
1914#742,287#1,86812
1913#712,030#2,0928
1912#672,003#1,7469
1911#601,690#1,1909
1910#541,824#1,4216
1909#521,635—
1908#541,471#1,3735
1907#531,536#1,3455
1906#501,500#1,0047
1905#511,481#63614
1904#511,364#72311
1903#461,485#9107
1902#441,533#7949
1901#451,382—
1900#402,004#68014
1899#451,350#66110
1898#441,522#63512
1897#441,401#1,0575
1896#431,483#1,1015
1895#441,414#7958
1894#401,432#1,0745
1893#411,351#8367
1892#361,503#7489
1891#391,247#7008
1890#351,390#8846
1889#371,289#8786
1888#411,249#8157
1887#371,072—
1886#42995#8456
1885#37979#8366
1884#40911#9715
1883#39837#8925
1882#36810—
1881#33678—
1880#34647#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lillie was already there! It came in at #34, and was given to 647 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1975–1993, when fewer than 120 girls a year got the name.

Where Lillie is popular in 1927

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #363 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,204 girlsMNIllinois: #268 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,463 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedWIMichigan: #282 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,617 girlsMINew York: #312 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 3,476 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedSDIowa: #286 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,457 girlsIAIndiana: #206 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,542 girlsINOhio: #199 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,486 girlsOHPennsylvania: #247 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 2,625 girlsPANew Jersey: #301 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,883 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #300 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,299 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedUTColorado: #246 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,690 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #147 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 736 girlsMOKentucky: #78 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 309 girlsKYWest Virginia: #144 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 657 girlsWVVirginia: #59 for girls · 113 births · 1 in 230 girlsVAMaryland: #107 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 479 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedDEArizona: #109 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 383 girlsAZNew Mexico: #83 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 299 girlsNMKansas: #225 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,368 girlsKSArkansas: #26 for girls · 145 births · 1 in 140 girlsARTennessee: #46 for girls · 132 births · 1 in 212 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #30 for girls · 249 births · 1 in 157 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #22 for girls · 208 births · 1 in 105 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #127 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 720 girlsDCOklahoma: #59 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 270 girlsOKLouisiana: #27 for girls · 181 births · 1 in 131 girlsLAMississippi: #9 for girls · 282 births · 1 in 84 girlsMSAlabama: #19 for girls · 331 births · 1 in 100 girlsALGeorgia: #20 for girls · 296 births · 1 in 110 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lillie, so not publishedHITexas: #41 for girls · 263 births · 1 in 230 girlsTXFlorida: #39 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 160 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#9 · 1 in 84
  2. Alabama#19 · 1 in 100
  3. Georgia#20 · 1 in 110
  4. South Carolina#22 · 1 in 105
  5. Arkansas#26 · 1 in 140

Best ever in a state: #5 in Mississippi, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#92821 in 84
Alabama#193311 in 100
Georgia#202961 in 110
South Carolina#222081 in 105
Arkansas#261451 in 140
Louisiana#271811 in 131
North Carolina#302491 in 157
Florida#39991 in 160
Texas#412631 in 230
Tennessee#461321 in 212
Oklahoma#59921 in 270
Virginia#591131 in 230
Kentucky#78951 in 309
New Mexico#83141 in 299
Maryland#107291 in 479
Arizona#109101 in 383
District of Columbia#12751 in 720
West Virginia#144311 in 657
Missouri#147411 in 736
Ohio#199371 in 1,486
Indiana#206171 in 1,542
Kansas#225111 in 1,368
Colorado#24651 in 1,690
Pennsylvania#247351 in 2,625
Illinois#268241 in 2,463
Michigan#282161 in 2,617
Iowa#28681 in 2,457
California#300161 in 2,299
New Jersey#30181 in 3,883
New York#312291 in 3,476
Minnesota#36351 in 4,204
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Lillie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#682 → #675)
  • 43 spots since 2020 (#718 → #675)
  • 99 spots since 2015 (#576 → #675)
  • Biggest jump: 155 spots in 1998 (#1,026 → #871)
  • Biggest drop: 234 spots in 1975 (#905 → #1,139)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #33 (678 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 85 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 48 yrs · run 1880–1927
  • Top 1,000: 123 yrs · run 1880–1974
Share of babies · girls
1 in 133
  • Highest: 1 in 133 girls born in 1882 were named Lillie (0.75%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,827 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #33 in 1881, was only 1 in 136 (0.74%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 18.5% of all girls named Lillie (29,382) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s9,467#33 (1881)#38
1890s14,093#35 (1890)#41
1900s15,391#40 (1900)#49
1910s24,651#54 (1910)#75
1920s29,382#85 (1922)#95
1930s19,925#111 (1930)#121
1940s15,357#143 (1940)#168
1950s9,622#202 (1950)#280
1960s3,873#386 (1960)#510
1970s1,404#695 (1971)#988
1980s1,004#1,141 (1980)#1,328
1990s1,615#801 (1999)#1,185
2000s5,248#426 (2009)#573
2010s5,506#452 (2010)#559
2020s2,380#675 (2025)#719

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lillie in 1927

girls
#94
2,861 births · 1 in 417 girls
boys
#2,121
15 births · 1 in 75,128 boys

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #94Lillie2,861

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #2,121Lillie15
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 417 of them was named Lillie, which outranked 98.3% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lillie
  1. #91Eileen2,929
  2. #92Anne2,928
  3. #93Ellen2,867
  4. #94Lillie2,861
  5. #95Jessie2,858
  6. #96Peggy2,857
  7. #97Alma2,847
Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,708Charmaine#3,564 → #856
  2. ↑ 1,519Kazuko#2,474 → #955
  3. ↑ 1,152Valencia#2,076 → #924
  4. ↑ 551Cherie#1,414 → #863
  5. ↑ 452Lita#1,148 → #696
Fallers
  1. ↓ 349Janell#748 → #1,097
  2. ↓ 330Sabina#931 → #1,261
  3. ↓ 319Clarine#942 → #1,261
  4. ↓ 298Shirlie#980 → #1,278
  5. ↓ 291Delilah#836 → #1,127

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 75,128 of them was named Lillie, which outranked 55.8% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lillie
  1. #2,034Vearl16
  2. #2,034Verlan16
  3. #2,034Vidal16
  4. #2,121Lillie15
  5. #2,121Admiral15
  6. #2,121Ancel15
  7. #2,121Arnoldo15
  8. #2,193Abbott14
  9. #2,193Abelino14
  10. #2,193Adron14

Tied with 71 names at #2,121; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,863Lindbergh#2,436 → #573
  2. ↑ 966Lindy#1,353 → #387
  3. ↑ 601Sonny#1,565 → #964
  4. ↑ 467Akira#1,404 → #937
  5. ↑ 442Maria#1,432 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 684Minoru#963 → #1,647
  2. ↓ 611Reno#825 → #1,436
  3. ↓ 406Hurley#916 → #1,322
  4. ↓ 356Adelbert#842 → #1,198
  5. ↓ 330Gardner#963 → #1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1927 →