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Lilly

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

Lilly is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “lily”. In 2025 it ranked 122nd for girls in the UK (442 babies) and 252nd for girls in the US (1,218 babies).

What does Lilly mean?

English: spelling of Lily

“lily”

A spelling of Lily; the white lily is a traditional symbol of purity and of the Virgin Mary.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Lilly is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 442 girls in the UK and 1,218 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Lilly in the UK?

Rank in 2025
122nd among girls
Babies in 2025
442 about 1 in 630 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 39% in five years
Same name in a class
2.2% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 442 girls in the UK were named Lilly, making it the 122nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 89th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 2,117 girls.

Half of all the girls named Lilly in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 3,311 girls in the UK were given Lilly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2, up from #122 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 129th in England and Wales, 83rd in Scotland and 177th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#100) and 2014 (#40).

1996Busiest: 2,117 in 20112025
Lilly in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025442#122
2024414#134
2023492#111
2022594#94
2021612#97
2020645#89
2019690#85
2018870#71
20171,003#65
20161,141#60
20151,257#53
20141,485#42
20131,511#39
20121,664#36
20112,117#27
20101,620#44
20091,403#45
20081,326#52
20071,226#59
2006867#79
2005730#83
2004534#110
2003292#185
2002231#209
2001147#293
2000113#336
1999126#300
1998102#365
199773#463
199689#405

How popular is Lilly in the US?

Rank in 2025
252nd among girls
Babies in 2025
1,218 about 1 in 1,300 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 21% in five years
Same name in a class
1.1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,218 girls in the US were named Lilly, making it the 252nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 229th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 2,891 girls.

Half of all the girls named Lilly in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 8,470 girls in the US were given Lilly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #12, up from #252 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 2,891 in 20102025
Lilly in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,218#252
20241,221#261
20231,202#257
20221,315#230
20211,356#218
20201,289#229
20191,553#190
20181,788#160
20171,932#152
20162,172#143
20152,325#139
20142,582#124
20132,620#122
20122,791#110
20112,873#103
20102,891#106
20092,833#116
20082,694#125
20072,402#146
20062,279#150
20051,907#180
20041,616#210
20031,188#265
2002911#333
2001782#380
2000659#428
1999488#520
1998414#583
1997332#662
1996234#852
1995208#905
1994135#1,261
1993127#1,316
1992122#1,354
1991102#1,511
1990108#1,441
1989103#1,432
198899#1,408
198763#1,837
198674#1,601
198573#1,620
198447#2,110
198351#1,992
198275#1,566
198170#1,641
198059#1,833
197960#1,795
197865#1,633
197761#1,701
197642#2,060
197558#1,655
197465#1,499
197368#1,433
197260#1,541
197176#1,389
197075#1,389
196975#1,303
196893#1,110
196779#1,196
1966104#1,011
1965120#922
1964108#1,042
1963117#983
1962144#873
1961157#843
1960137#897
1959144#851
1958120#940
1957148#833
1956163#765
1955138#820
1954133#815
1953127#819
1952135#764
1951170#670
1950138#727
1949129#756
1948152#674
1947152#682
1946149#646
1945140#613
1944163#574
1943153#613
1942194#534
1941197#496
1940167#530
1939176#506
1938225#447
1937187#479
1936198#454
1935156#512
1934217#440
1933209#446
1932224#442
1931199#458
1930243#425
1929253#418
1928271#412
1927283#407
1926306#393
1925282#409
1924301#396
1923316#374
1922304#375
1921339#360
1920309#376
1919298#377
1918319#362
1917298#363
1916316#348
1915279#360
1914229#347
1913179#363
1912168#353
1911154#315
1910129#350
1909125#322
1908137#304
1907144#289
1906137#284
1905130#291
1904133#273
1903123#282
1902126#279
1901105#297
1900154#263
1899107#279
1898133#258
189786#312
1896121#258
1895108#269
1894127#237
1893114#248
1892109#254
189198#244
1890104#240
188995#240
1888124#202
188783#228
188685#214
188580#220
188463#239
188362#228
188270#197
188155#201
188064#191

Names like Lilly

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

Gracie, Ruby, Daisy, Bella, Evie, Ivy, Lola, Isabelle, Phoebe, Lucy, Annabelle, Eliza

Other spellings of Lilly

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

Names related to Lilly

Lillia, Lilya, Liliya, Lilla, Lillah

More English names

Evelyn, Hudson, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River

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