Lilie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIL-ee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Lilie is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “lily”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Lilie mean?
English: spelling of Lily; also the German word for lily
“lily”
A spelling of Lily; Lilie is also the German word for the flower, from Latin lilium.
Is Lilie a girl's or a boy's name?
Lilie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lilie in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 26 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lilie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lilie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,303 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,418 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Lilie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Lilie, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the girls named Lilie in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,470 girls in the US were given Lilie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #12, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
Lilie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 40 | #3,815 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,160 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1929 | 31 | #1,369 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,783 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,168 |
| 1926 | 17 | #2,164 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,646 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,723 |
| 1923 | 33 | #1,388 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,646 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,625 |
| 1920 | 31 | #1,439 |
| 1919 | 28 | #1,481 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,645 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,605 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,380 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,665 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,405 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,252 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,450 |
| 1910 | 23 | #896 |
| 1909 | 14 | #1,104 |
| 1908 | 16 | #1,004 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,384 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,043 |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,093 |
| 1904 | 18 | #853 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,137 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 11 | #1,007 |
| 1900 | 14 | #1,007 |
| 1899 | 13 | #906 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,263 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,167 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,047 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,123 |
| 1894 | 13 | #850 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1892 | 10 | #958 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1890 | 11 | #825 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,024 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,147 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #830 |
Names like Lilie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Evie, Lottie, Sophie, Hallie, Gracie, Millie, Ellie, Grace, Emmie, Lily, Elsie, Ruby
Other spellings of Lilie
Lily, Lilly, Lillie, Lili, Lilli, Lilee, Lillee, Lileigh, Lilley, Lilleigh
Names related to Lilie
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River
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, “Lilie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lilie, updated 20 October 2026.