Lili
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIL-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #553 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,778 for girls
Lili is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 553rd for girls in the UK (77 babies) and 2,778th for girls in the US (61 babies).
What does Lili mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Elisabeth; also a spelling of Lily
A European pet form of Elisabeth, as in the wartime song Lili Marleen, and also a spelling of Lily.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lili a girl's or a boy's name?
Lili is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 77 girls in the UK and 61 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lili in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 77about 1 in 3,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 77 girls in the UK were named Lili, making it the 553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 576th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 113 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lili in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,311 girls in the UK were given Lili or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2, up from #553 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 551st in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.
Lili in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77 | #553 |
| 2024 | 83 | #525 |
| 2023 | 88 | #496 |
| 2022 | 75 | #566 |
| 2021 | 62 | #675 |
| 2020 | 75 | #576 |
| 2019 | 68 | #633 |
| 2018 | 72 | #627 |
| 2017 | 72 | #634 |
| 2016 | 65 | #700 |
| 2015 | 84 | #559 |
| 2014 | 89 | #532 |
| 2013 | 88 | #529 |
| 2012 | 86 | #548 |
| 2011 | 102 | #466 |
| 2010 | 81 | #545 |
| 2009 | 109 | #435 |
| 2008 | 103 | #450 |
| 2007 | 106 | #430 |
| 2006 | 103 | #433 |
| 2005 | 84 | #477 |
| 2004 | 113 | #373 |
| 2003 | 81 | #468 |
| 2002 | 81 | #440 |
| 2001 | 53 | #588 |
| 2000 | 62 | #519 |
| 1999 | 71 | #466 |
| 1998 | 52 | #577 |
| 1997 | 29 | #854 |
| 1996 | 23 | #958 |
How popular is Lili in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,778among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 61about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 61 girls in the US were named Lili, making it the 2,778th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,015th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 139 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the girls named Lili in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,470 girls in the US were given Lili or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #12, up from #2,778 for this spelling alone.
Lili in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,778 |
| 2024 | 55 | #2,976 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,494 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,604 |
| 2021 | 55 | #3,002 |
| 2020 | 53 | #3,015 |
| 2019 | 48 | #3,271 |
| 2018 | 54 | #3,003 |
| 2017 | 61 | #2,779 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,761 |
| 2015 | 59 | #2,927 |
| 2014 | 71 | #2,515 |
| 2013 | 81 | #2,279 |
| 2012 | 90 | #2,115 |
| 2011 | 98 | #2,000 |
| 2010 | 94 | #2,093 |
| 2009 | 90 | #2,190 |
| 2008 | 119 | #1,816 |
| 2007 | 101 | #2,015 |
| 2006 | 115 | #1,798 |
| 2005 | 123 | #1,630 |
| 2004 | 112 | #1,725 |
| 2003 | 139 | #1,421 |
| 2002 | 130 | #1,467 |
| 2001 | 89 | #1,937 |
| 2000 | 80 | #2,051 |
| 1999 | 99 | #1,665 |
| 1998 | 63 | #2,241 |
| 1997 | 69 | #2,042 |
| 1996 | 60 | #2,226 |
| 1995 | 42 | #2,840 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,297 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,969 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,292 |
| 1989 | 49 | #2,366 |
| 1988 | 36 | #2,862 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 25 | #3,343 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,969 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 31 | #2,395 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,704 |
| 1968 | 21 | #2,789 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1965 | 29 | #2,204 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,751 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,988 |
| 1961 | 29 | #2,196 |
| 1960 | 50 | #1,579 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,793 |
| 1958 | 29 | #2,072 |
| 1957 | 43 | #1,640 |
| 1956 | 54 | #1,436 |
| 1955 | 45 | #1,515 |
| 1954 | 56 | #1,332 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,871 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,977 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,473 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,328 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,879 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
Names like Lili
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mia Ava Lexi Scarlett Heidi Leah Gia Lara Fatima Joni Lyla Willow
Other spellings of Lili
Lily Lilly Lillie Lilli Lilidh Lilee Lillee Lilie Lileigh Lilley Lilleigh
Names related to Lili
More Hebrew names
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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, “Lili: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lili, updated 20 October 2026.