Lilley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIL-ee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Lilley is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “lily”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Lilley mean?
English: variant of Lily, from the flower name
“lily”
Variant spelling of Lily, the flower name, which comes from the Latin lilium.
Is Lilley a girl's or a boy's name?
Lilley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lilley in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lilley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lilley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,656 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,696 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Lilley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 77% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Lilley, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the girls named Lilley in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,470 girls in the US were given Lilley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #12, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Lilley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
Names like Lilley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lily, Ivy, Harper, Willow, Riley, Miley, Lyla, Scarlett, Lyra, Poppy, Ellie, Isla
Other spellings of Lilley
Lily, Lilly, Lillie, Lili, Lilli, Lilee, Lillee, Lilie, Lileigh, Lilleigh
Names related to Lilley
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River, Frankie, Grayson
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, “Lilley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lilley, updated 20 October 2026.