Lile
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LEE-leh
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
Big in Northern Ireland
Lile is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
Where does Lile come from?
Rare name of uncertain origin; perhaps a form of Lily
Is Lile a girl's or a boy's name?
Lile is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lile in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Lile, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 8 girls.
In 2025, 26 girls in the UK were given Lile or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,139, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Lile in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
Names like Lile
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lottie Olive Florence Rosie Daphne Bonnie Elsie Winnie Hallie Marnie Phoebe Luna
Other spellings of Lile
Names related to Lile
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lile: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lile, updated 20 October 2026.