Lilee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIL-ee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Lilee is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “lily”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Lilee mean?
English: spelling of Lily; English flower name, from Latin lilium
“lily”
A flower name that was also once a pet form of Elizabeth; the white lily symbolises purity in Christian art.
Meaning borrowed from Lily. More on Wiktionary.
Is Lilee a girl's or a boy's name?
Lilee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lilee in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lilee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lilee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Lilee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Lilee, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 72 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Lilee in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,470 girls in the US were given Lilee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #12, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
Lilee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,988 |
| 2014 | 57 | #2,967 |
| 2013 | 72 | #2,484 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,637 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,726 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,891 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,630 |
| 2007 | 49 | #3,376 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,413 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,114 |
| 2004 | 43 | #3,440 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Nicknames for Lilee
- Lil
Names like Lilee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lily Ellie Harper Willow Evie Lyla Lyra Scarlett Gracie Maisie Hallie Ivy
Other spellings of Lilee
Lily Lilly Lillie Lili Lilli Lillee Lilie Lileigh Lilley Lilleigh
Names related to Lilee
More English names
Evelyn Hudson Grace Violet Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hazel Carter Harrison River Frankie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lilee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lilee, updated 20 October 2026.