Lily-May
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIL-ee-MAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
Lily-May is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “lily + May”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies).
What does Lily-May mean?
Modern: combination of Lily and May
“lily + May”
Pairs the flower name Lily with May, which comes from the month or is a pet form of Mary or Margaret.
Is Lily-May a girl's or a boy's name?
Lily-May is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lily-May in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,868th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Lily-May, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 776th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 218 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Lily-May than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Lily-May in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 122 girls in the UK were given Lily-May or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #387, up from #1,868 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 1,809th in England and Wales.
Lily-May in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,538 |
| 2023 | 29 | #1,209 |
| 2022 | 39 | #956 |
| 2021 | 48 | #825 |
| 2020 | 52 | #776 |
| 2019 | 60 | #703 |
| 2018 | 59 | #731 |
| 2017 | 73 | #629 |
| 2016 | 112 | #438 |
| 2015 | 97 | #491 |
| 2014 | 123 | #400 |
| 2013 | 134 | #379 |
| 2012 | 201 | #275 |
| 2011 | 218 | #254 |
| 2010 | 177 | #295 |
| 2009 | 177 | #294 |
| 2008 | 177 | #294 |
| 2007 | 128 | #370 |
| 2006 | 87 | #489 |
| 2005 | 85 | #473 |
| 2004 | 51 | #639 |
| 2003 | 34 | #843 |
| 2002 | 23 | #1,053 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 18 | #1,199 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
Nicknames for Lily-May
- Lily 2,538 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lily-May
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lily, Ruby, Isabelle, Daisy, Amelie, Scarlett, Evie, Isabella, Amelia, Lyla, Lola, Tilly
Other spellings of Lily-May
Names related to Lily-May
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Lily-May: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lily-may, updated 20 October 2026.