Lillee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIL-ee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Lillee is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “lily”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Lillee 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 Lillee a girl's or a boy's name?
Lillee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lillee 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 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lillee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lillee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
How popular is Lillee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Lillee, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 77 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had fewer girls named Lillee than any year since 2001.
Half of all the girls named Lillee in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,470 girls in the US were given Lillee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #12, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Lillee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 35 | #4,106 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 49 | #3,247 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,010 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,736 |
| 2014 | 59 | #2,886 |
| 2013 | 65 | #2,680 |
| 2012 | 74 | #2,474 |
| 2011 | 69 | #2,588 |
| 2010 | 77 | #2,427 |
| 2009 | 77 | #2,464 |
| 2008 | 50 | #3,315 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,600 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,413 |
| 2005 | 50 | #3,122 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,703 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
Nicknames for Lillee
- Lil
Names like Lillee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lily Ellie Harper Willow Evie Lyra Lyla Scarlett Gracie Maisie Isla Hallie
Other spellings of Lillee
Lily Lilly Lillie Lili Lilli Lilee Lilie Lileigh Lilley Lilleigh
Names related to Lillee
More English names
Evelyn Hudson Ivy Grace Violet Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby 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, “Lillee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lillee, updated 20 October 2026.