Lilly-May
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIL-ee-MAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
Lilly-May is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies).
What does Lilly-May mean?
Modern: combination of Lilly and May
Joins Lilly, a spelling of Lily, with May, a pet form of Mary and Margaret and the name of the month.
Is Lilly-May a girl's or a boy's name?
Lilly-May is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lilly-May in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,206th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Lilly-May, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,121st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 217 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Lilly-May than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Lilly-May in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 122 girls in the UK were given Lilly-May or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #387, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
- Lily-Mae 57
- Lilly-Mae 17
- Lily-May 16
- Lillie-Mae 16
- Lilly-May 13
- Lillie-May 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Lilly-May in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,449 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,211 |
| 2021 | 36 | #1,028 |
| 2020 | 32 | #1,121 |
| 2019 | 53 | #778 |
| 2018 | 64 | #683 |
| 2017 | 83 | #566 |
| 2016 | 101 | #477 |
| 2015 | 127 | #401 |
| 2014 | 155 | #325 |
| 2013 | 175 | #304 |
| 2012 | 183 | #303 |
| 2011 | 217 | #257 |
| 2010 | 181 | #293 |
| 2009 | 134 | #364 |
| 2008 | 105 | #442 |
| 2007 | 91 | #479 |
| 2006 | 43 | #787 |
| 2005 | 32 | #918 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,154 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
Nicknames for Lilly-May
- Lilly 442 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lilly-May
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lily, Isabelle, Daisy, Ruby, Lyla, Amelie, Amelia, Scarlett, Isabella, Evie, Matilda, Myla
Other spellings of Lilly-May
Names related to Lilly-May
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). 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-May: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lilly-may, updated 20 October 2026.