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Lillie

Gender
Girl
Say it
LIL-ee
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#218 for girls
US rank, 2025
#675 for girls

Lillie is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “lily”. In 2025 it ranked 218th for girls in the UK (244 babies) and 675th for girls in the US (420 babies).

What does Lillie mean?

English: spelling of Lily

“lily”

A spelling of Lily; Lillie Langtry was a celebrated Victorian actress from Jersey.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Lillie a girl's or a boy's name?

Lillie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 244 girls in the UK and 420 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lillie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
218th among girls
Babies in 2025
244 about 1 in 1,100 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 8% in five years
Same name in a class
1.2% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 244 girls in the UK were named Lillie, making it the 218th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 201st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 560 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Lillie than any year since 2003.

Half of all the girls named Lillie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 3,311 girls in the UK were given Lillie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2, up from #218 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 227th in England and Wales, 151st in Scotland and 161st in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 560 in 20112025
Lillie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025244#218
2024272#196
2023317#180
2022336#165
2021321#178
2020273#201
2019317#179
2018312#187
2017452#138
2016437#143
2015403#151
2014402#157
2013355#166
2012424#153
2011560#116
2010509#127
2009368#166
2008426#141
2007493#127
2006351#172
2005278#194
2004276#197
2003194#254
2002122#330
200198#378
2000103#364
199983#424
199863#511
199770#476
199659#507

How popular is Lillie in the US?

Rank in 2025
675th among girls
Babies in 2025
420 about 1 in 3,800 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 2% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 420 girls in the US were named Lillie, making it the 675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 718th. Its busiest year was 1919, with 3,262 girls.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Lillie than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Lillie in the US since 1880 were born between 1910 and 1943, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 8,470 girls in the US were given Lillie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #12, up from #675 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 3,262 in 19192025
Lillie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025420#675
2024418#682
2023413#699
2022377#760
2021364#779
2020388#718
2019449#650
2018442#667
2017444#663
2016495#608
2015531#576
2014612#508
2013585#510
2012622#495
2011644#463
2010682#452
2009751#426
2008653#485
2007671#483
2006637#488
2005599#504
2004500#571
2003422#633
2002388#652
2001326#735
2000301#757
1999273#800
1998242#871
1997187#1,025
1996182#1,026
1995138#1,232
1994135#1,261
1993105#1,501
1992118#1,389
1991119#1,363
1990116#1,360
1989113#1,351
198888#1,520
198788#1,469
198691#1,405
198587#1,438
198497#1,284
198398#1,266
1982104#1,251
1981119#1,145
1980119#1,141
1979116#1,144
1978105#1,194
197788#1,315
1976106#1,122
1975102#1,139
1974140#905
1973153#845
1972173#792
1971219#695
1970202#731
1969228#657
1968216#659
1967293#549
1966307#538
1965377#487
1964458#456
1963391#491
1962491#437
1961509#436
1960603#386
1959664#371
1958683#352
1957793#324
1956829#310
1955915#285
19541,050#254
19531,070#248
19521,124#233
19511,174#222
19501,320#202
19491,390#197
19481,452#189
19471,441#191
19461,487#178
19451,406#167
19441,526#159
19431,594#158
19421,716#150
19411,654#144
19401,691#143
19391,652#143
19381,815#132
19371,899#131
19361,866#124
19351,953#118
19341,977#116
19332,059#111
19322,218#111
19312,118#112
19302,368#111
19292,441#103
19282,621#104
19272,861#94
19262,845#99
19253,119#91
19242,979#97
19233,036#91
19223,200#85
19213,118#94
19203,162#90
19193,262#81
19183,112#89
19172,931#86
19162,825#88
19152,687#84
19142,287#74
19132,030#71
19122,003#67
19111,690#60
19101,824#54
19091,635#52
19081,471#54
19071,536#53
19061,500#50
19051,481#51
19041,364#51
19031,485#46
19021,533#44
19011,382#45
19002,004#40
18991,350#45
18981,522#44
18971,401#44
18961,483#43
18951,414#44
18941,432#40
18931,351#41
18921,503#36
18911,247#39
18901,390#35
18891,289#37
18881,249#41
18871,072#37
1886995#42
1885979#37
1884911#40
1883837#39
1882810#36
1881678#33
1880647#34

Names like Lillie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Frankie, Nellie, Lottie, Elsie, Hattie, Winnie, Gracie, Emmie, Millie, Evie, Olive, Annie

Other spellings of Lillie

Lily, Lilly, Lili, Lilli, Lilidh, Lilee, Lillee, Lilie, Lileigh, Lilley, Lilleigh

Names related to Lillie

Lilia, Lillia, Lielle, Lilla

More English names

Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel

Every English name

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, “Lillie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lillie, updated 20 October 2026.