Lilli
Girl · LIL-ee · English
Lilli is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “lily”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 3,902nd for girls in the US (37 babies).
What does Lilli mean?
English: spelling of Lily
“lily”
A spelling of Lily, also used in German as a pet form of Elisabeth.
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- LIL-ee
Is Lilli a girl's or a boy's name?
Lilli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 37 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lilli in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Lilli, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 110 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Lilli since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Lilli in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,311 girls in the UK were given Lilli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Lilli in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,729 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,622 |
| 2014 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 2013 | 34 | #1,117 |
| 2012 | 39 | #999 |
| 2011 | 82 | #558 |
| 2010 | 65 | #653 |
| 2009 | 74 | #573 |
| 2008 | 99 | #464 |
| 2007 | 102 | #442 |
| 2006 | 71 | #556 |
| 2005 | 89 | #458 |
| 2004 | 110 | #380 |
| 2003 | 67 | #521 |
| 2002 | 54 | #596 |
| 2001 | 40 | #701 |
| 2000 | 38 | #705 |
| 1999 | 40 | #676 |
| 1998 | 23 | #1,015 |
| 1997 | 19 | #1,119 |
| 1996 | 15 | #1,309 |
How popular is Lilli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,902among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 43,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 37 girls in the US were named Lilli, making it the 3,902nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,179th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 174 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the girls named Lilli in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,470 girls in the US were given Lilli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #12, up from #3,902 for this spelling alone.
Lilli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,902 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,891 |
| 2021 | 49 | #3,250 |
| 2020 | 49 | #3,179 |
| 2019 | 51 | #3,129 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,961 |
| 2017 | 74 | #2,432 |
| 2016 | 72 | #2,502 |
| 2015 | 72 | #2,501 |
| 2014 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2013 | 112 | #1,814 |
| 2012 | 127 | #1,674 |
| 2011 | 155 | #1,455 |
| 2010 | 141 | #1,566 |
| 2009 | 149 | #1,521 |
| 2008 | 170 | #1,395 |
| 2007 | 148 | #1,544 |
| 2006 | 174 | #1,335 |
| 2005 | 130 | #1,565 |
| 2004 | 134 | #1,497 |
| 2003 | 134 | #1,462 |
| 2002 | 106 | #1,718 |
| 2001 | 80 | #2,071 |
| 2000 | 77 | #2,099 |
| 1999 | 52 | #2,672 |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,843 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,147 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,107 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,112 |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,473 |
| 1960 | 27 | #2,245 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 28 | #2,116 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,650 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,004 |
| 1955 | 26 | #2,107 |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,559 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,172 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,313 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,534 |
| 1949 | 18 | #2,339 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,490 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
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Other spellings of Lilli
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