Lilly
#252 for girls in 2025, 1,218 births · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #12,553
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2011 · 2,873 births
- Debut · girls
- 64 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 66,728since 1880
Lilly over time
Rank among girls' names. Lilly has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #252 | 1,218 | — | |
| 2024 | #261 | 1,221 | — | |
| 2023 | #257 | 1,202 | — | |
| 2022 | #230 | 1,315 | — | |
| 2021 | #218 | 1,356 | — | |
| 2020 | #229 | 1,289 | — | |
| 2019 | #190 | 1,553 | — | |
| 2018 | #160 | 1,788 | — | |
| 2017 | #152 | 1,932 | — | |
| 2016 | #143 | 2,172 | — | |
| 2015 | #139 | 2,325 | — | |
| 2014 | #124 | 2,582 | — | |
| 2013 | #122 | 2,620 | — | |
| 2012 | #110 | 2,791 | — | |
| 2011 | #103 | 2,873 | — | |
| 2010 | #106 | 2,891 | — | |
| 2009 | #116 | 2,833 | — | |
| 2008 | #125 | 2,694 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #146 | 2,402 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #150 | 2,279 | — | |
| 2005 | #180 | 1,907 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #210 | 1,616 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #265 | 1,188 | — | |
| 2002 | #333 | 911 | — | |
| 2001 | #380 | 782 | — | |
| 2000 | #428 | 659 | — | |
| 1999 | #520 | 488 | — | |
| 1998 | #583 | 414 | — | |
| 1997 | #662 | 332 | — | |
| 1996 | #852 | 234 | — | |
| 1995 | #908 | 208 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,264 | 135 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,318 | 127 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,357 | 122 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,517 | 102 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,445 | 108 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,435 | 103 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,409 | 99 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,838 | 63 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,602 | 74 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,621 | 73 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,111 | 47 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,993 | 51 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,566 | 75 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,641 | 70 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,833 | 59 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,795 | 60 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,633 | 65 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,701 | 61 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,060 | 42 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,655 | 58 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,499 | 65 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,433 | 68 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,541 | 60 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,389 | 76 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,389 | 75 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,303 | 75 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,110 | 93 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,196 | 79 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,011 | 104 | — | |
| 1965 | #922 | 120 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,042 | 108 | — | |
| 1963 | #983 | 117 | — | |
| 1962 | #873 | 144 | — | |
| 1961 | #843 | 157 | — | |
| 1960 | #897 | 137 | — | |
| 1959 | #852 | 144 | — | |
| 1958 | #941 | 120 | — | |
| 1957 | #834 | 148 | — | |
| 1956 | #766 | 163 | — | |
| 1955 | #821 | 138 | — | |
| 1954 | #816 | 133 | — | |
| 1953 | #820 | 127 | — | |
| 1952 | #765 | 135 | — | |
| 1951 | #671 | 170 | — | |
| 1950 | #728 | 138 | — | |
| 1949 | #757 | 129 | — | |
| 1948 | #675 | 152 | — | |
| 1947 | #682 | 152 | — | |
| 1946 | #646 | 149 | — | |
| 1945 | #613 | 140 | — | |
| 1944 | #574 | 163 | — | |
| 1943 | #613 | 153 | — | |
| 1942 | #534 | 194 | — | |
| 1941 | #496 | 197 | — | |
| 1940 | #530 | 167 | — | |
| 1939 | #506 | 176 | — | |
| 1938 | #447 | 225 | — | |
| 1937 | #479 | 187 | — | |
| 1936 | #454 | 198 | — | |
| 1935 | #512 | 156 | — | |
| 1934 | #440 | 217 | — | |
| 1933 | #446 | 209 | — | |
| 1932 | #442 | 224 | — | |
| 1931 | #458 | 199 | — | |
| 1930 | #425 | 243 | — | |
| 1929 | #418 | 253 | — | |
| 1928 | #412 | 271 | — | |
| 1927 | #407 | 283 | — | |
| 1926 | #393 | 306 | — | |
| 1925 | #409 | 282 | — | |
| 1924 | #396 | 301 | — | |
| 1923 | #374 | 316 | — | |
| 1922 | #375 | 304 | — | |
| 1921 | #360 | 339 | — | |
| 1920 | #376 | 309 | — | |
| 1919 | #377 | 298 | — | |
| 1918 | #362 | 319 | — | |
| 1917 | #363 | 298 | — | |
| 1916 | #348 | 316 | — | |
| 1915 | #360 | 279 | — | |
| 1914 | #347 | 229 | — | |
| 1913 | #363 | 179 | — | |
| 1912 | #353 | 168 | — | |
| 1911 | #315 | 154 | — | |
| 1910 | #350 | 129 | — | |
| 1909 | #322 | 125 | — | |
| 1908 | #304 | 137 | — | |
| 1907 | #289 | 144 | — | |
| 1906 | #284 | 137 | — | |
| 1905 | #291 | 130 | — | |
| 1904 | #273 | 133 | — | |
| 1903 | #282 | 123 | — | |
| 1902 | #279 | 126 | — | |
| 1901 | #297 | 105 | — | |
| 1900 | #263 | 154 | — | |
| 1899 | #279 | 107 | — | |
| 1898 | #258 | 133 | — | |
| 1897 | #312 | 86 | — | |
| 1896 | #258 | 121 | — | |
| 1895 | #269 | 108 | — | |
| 1894 | #237 | 127 | — | |
| 1893 | #248 | 114 | — | |
| 1892 | #254 | 109 | — | |
| 1891 | #244 | 98 | — | |
| 1890 | #240 | 104 | — | |
| 1889 | #240 | 95 | — | |
| 1888 | #202 | 124 | — | |
| 1887 | #228 | 83 | — | |
| 1886 | #214 | 85 | — | |
| 1885 | #220 | 80 | — | |
| 1884 | #239 | 63 | — | |
| 1883 | #228 | 62 | — | |
| 1882 | #197 | 70 | — | |
| 1881 | #201 | 55 | — | |
| 1880 | #191 | 64 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lilly was already there! It came in at #191, and was given to 64 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1975–1977, when fewer than 62 girls a year got the name.
Where Lilly is popular in 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maine#68 · 1 in 258
- Indiana#86 · 1 in 406
- Missouri#92 · 1 in 433
- Montana#96 · 1 in 314
- Rhode Island#97 · 1 in 341
Best ever in a state: #30 in North Dakota, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #68 | 17 | 1 in 258 |
| Indiana | #86 | 80 | 1 in 406 |
| Missouri | #92 | 67 | 1 in 433 |
| Montana | #96 | 9 | 1 in 314 |
| New Hampshire | #97 | 12 | 1 in 369 |
| Rhode Island | #97 | 11 | 1 in 341 |
| Kansas | #104 | 31 | 1 in 444 |
| Wisconsin | #108 | 53 | 1 in 473 |
| Minnesota | #110 | 54 | 1 in 482 |
| Kentucky | #113 | 42 | 1 in 469 |
| West Virginia | #113 | 15 | 1 in 458 |
| Michigan | #117 | 84 | 1 in 564 |
| Alabama | #118 | 39 | 1 in 506 |
| Tennessee | #124 | 53 | 1 in 586 |
| Arkansas | #132 | 22 | 1 in 559 |
| North Dakota | #132 | 6 | 1 in 403 |
| Washington | #132 | 51 | 1 in 576 |
| Oregon | #133 | 30 | 1 in 530 |
| Idaho | #140 | 14 | 1 in 490 |
| Utah | #147 | 31 | 1 in 593 |
| North Carolina | #149 | 67 | 1 in 678 |
| South Dakota | #150 | 7 | 1 in 460 |
| Massachusetts | #151 | 42 | 1 in 678 |
| Iowa | #153 | 23 | 1 in 595 |
| Ohio | #153 | 81 | 1 in 707 |
| Maryland | #154 | 37 | 1 in 669 |
| Oklahoma | #154 | 26 | 1 in 641 |
| Virginia | #163 | 50 | 1 in 742 |
| Louisiana | #166 | 28 | 1 in 703 |
| Colorado | #170 | 36 | 1 in 687 |
| Nebraska | #176 | 13 | 1 in 638 |
| South Carolina | #176 | 23 | 1 in 758 |
| Pennsylvania | #177 | 69 | 1 in 795 |
| Georgia | #183 | 60 | 1 in 857 |
| Florida | #190 | 92 | 1 in 932 |
| Illinois | #211 | 68 | 1 in 988 |
| Arizona | #225 | 38 | 1 in 935 |
| Mississippi | #231 | 13 | 1 in 890 |
| Connecticut | #232 | 14 | 1 in 1,017 |
| Hawaii | #233 | 5 | 1 in 663 |
| Nevada | #242 | 13 | 1 in 892 |
| California | #274 | 168 | 1 in 1,372 |
| New Jersey | #283 | 28 | 1 in 1,450 |
| Texas | #307 | 111 | 1 in 1,447 |
| New Mexico | #321 | 7 | 1 in 1,190 |
| New York | #338 | 53 | 1 in 1,794 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Lilly
- 9 spots since 2024 (#261 → #252)
- 23 spots since 2020 (#229 → #252)
- 113 spots since 2015 (#139 → #252)
- Biggest jump: 356 spots in 1995 (#1,264 → #908)
- Biggest drop: 110 spots in 1963 (#873 → #983)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2011 at #103 (2,873 births)
- Births halved by 2020, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 116 yrs · run 1880–1963
- Highest: 1 in 612 girls born in 2011 were named Lilly (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,320 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
- 35.3% of all girls named Lilly (23,527) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #191 (1880) → #2,111 (1984) → #103 (2011)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 781 | #191 (1880) | #216 |
| 1890s | 1,107 | #237 (1894) | #260 |
| 1900s | 1,314 | #263 (1900) | #288 |
| 1910s | 2,369 | #315 (1911) | #354 |
| 1920s | 2,964 | #360 (1921) | #392 |
| 1930s | 2,034 | #425 (1930) | #461 |
| 1940s | 1,596 | #496 (1941) | #612 |
| 1950s | 1,416 | #671 (1951) | #801 |
| 1960s | 1,134 | #843 (1961) | #1,018 |
| 1970s | 630 | #1,389 (1971) | #1,610 |
| 1980s | 714 | #1,409 (1988) | #1,705 |
| 1990s | 2,270 | #520 (1999) | #1,043 |
| 2000s | 17,271 | #116 (2009) | #233 |
| 2010s | 23,527 | #103 (2011) | #135 |
| 2020s | 7,601 | #218 (2021) | #241 |
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.
Lilly in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 969 of them was named Lilly, which outranked 99.1% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 399,461 of them was named Lilly, which outranked 14.2% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,898 names at #11,472; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.