Lillie
#675 for girls in 2025, 420 births · Last seen for boys in 1969 at #4,404
Given to girls 99.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 678 births
- Debut · girls
- 647 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 48 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 158,918since 1880
Lillie over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #675 | 420 | — | |
| 2024 | #682 | 418 | — | |
| 2023 | #699 | 413 | — | |
| 2022 | #760 | 377 | — | |
| 2021 | #779 | 364 | — | |
| 2020 | #718 | 388 | — | |
| 2019 | #650 | 449 | — | |
| 2018 | #667 | 442 | — | |
| 2017 | #663 | 444 | — | |
| 2016 | #608 | 495 | — | |
| 2015 | #576 | 531 | — | |
| 2014 | #508 | 612 | — | |
| 2013 | #510 | 585 | — | |
| 2012 | #495 | 622 | — | |
| 2011 | #463 | 644 | — | |
| 2010 | #452 | 682 | — | |
| 2009 | #426 | 751 | — | |
| 2008 | #485 | 653 | — | |
| 2007 | #483 | 671 | — | |
| 2006 | #488 | 637 | — | |
| 2005 | #504 | 599 | — | |
| 2004 | #571 | 500 | — | |
| 2003 | #633 | 422 | — | |
| 2002 | #652 | 388 | — | |
| 2001 | #735 | 326 | — | |
| 2000 | #757 | 301 | — | |
| 1999 | #801 | 273 | — | |
| 1998 | #871 | 242 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,026 | 187 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,028 | 182 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,235 | 138 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,264 | 135 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,503 | 105 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,392 | 118 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,367 | 119 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,364 | 116 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,354 | 113 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,521 | 88 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,470 | 88 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,405 | 91 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,439 | 87 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,284 | 97 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,266 | 98 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,251 | 104 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,145 | 119 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,141 | 119 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,144 | 116 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,194 | 105 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,315 | 88 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,122 | 106 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,139 | 102 | — | |
| 1974 | #905 | 140 | — | |
| 1973 | #845 | 153 | — | |
| 1972 | #792 | 173 | — | |
| 1971 | #695 | 219 | — | |
| 1970 | #731 | 202 | — | |
| 1969 | #657 | 228 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #659 | 216 | — | |
| 1967 | #549 | 293 | — | |
| 1966 | #538 | 307 | — | |
| 1965 | #487 | 377 | — | |
| 1964 | #456 | 458 | — | |
| 1963 | #491 | 391 | — | |
| 1962 | #437 | 491 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #436 | 509 | — | |
| 1960 | #386 | 603 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #371 | 664 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #352 | 683 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #324 | 793 | — | |
| 1956 | #310 | 829 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #285 | 915 | — | |
| 1954 | #254 | 1,050 | — | |
| 1953 | #248 | 1,070 | — | |
| 1952 | #233 | 1,124 | — | |
| 1951 | #222 | 1,174 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #202 | 1,320 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #197 | 1,390 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #189 | 1,452 | — | |
| 1947 | #191 | 1,441 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #178 | 1,487 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #167 | 1,406 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #159 | 1,526 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #158 | 1,594 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #150 | 1,716 | #1,799 | 16 |
| 1941 | #144 | 1,654 | #1,633 | 18 |
| 1940 | #143 | 1,691 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #143 | 1,652 | #1,532 | 19 |
| 1938 | #132 | 1,815 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #131 | 1,899 | #1,313 | 26 |
| 1936 | #124 | 1,866 | #1,540 | 19 |
| 1935 | #118 | 1,953 | #1,422 | 23 |
| 1934 | #116 | 1,977 | #1,608 | 19 |
| 1933 | #111 | 2,059 | #1,707 | 17 |
| 1932 | #111 | 2,218 | #1,465 | 23 |
| 1931 | #112 | 2,118 | #1,427 | 24 |
| 1930 | #111 | 2,368 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1929 | #103 | 2,441 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1928 | #104 | 2,621 | #1,707 | 20 |
| 1927 | #94 | 2,861 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1926 | #99 | 2,845 | #1,605 | 22 |
| 1925 | #91 | 3,119 | #2,012 | 16 |
| 1924 | #97 | 2,979 | #1,964 | 17 |
| 1923 | #91 | 3,036 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1922 | #85 | 3,200 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #94 | 3,118 | #1,475 | 26 |
| 1920 | #90 | 3,162 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1919 | #81 | 3,262 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #89 | 3,112 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #86 | 2,931 | #2,091 | 14 |
| 1916 | #88 | 2,825 | #1,949 | 15 |
| 1915 | #84 | 2,687 | #1,660 | 18 |
| 1914 | #74 | 2,287 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #71 | 2,030 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | #67 | 2,003 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | #60 | 1,690 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | #54 | 1,824 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #52 | 1,635 | — | |
| 1908 | #54 | 1,471 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #53 | 1,536 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #50 | 1,500 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #51 | 1,481 | #636 | 14 |
| 1904 | #51 | 1,364 | #723 | 11 |
| 1903 | #46 | 1,485 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #44 | 1,533 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | #45 | 1,382 | — | |
| 1900 | #40 | 2,004 | #680 | 14 |
| 1899 | #45 | 1,350 | #661 | 10 |
| 1898 | #44 | 1,522 | #635 | 12 |
| 1897 | #44 | 1,401 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #43 | 1,483 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #44 | 1,414 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #40 | 1,432 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #41 | 1,351 | #836 | 7 |
| 1892 | #36 | 1,503 | #748 | 9 |
| 1891 | #39 | 1,247 | #700 | 8 |
| 1890 | #35 | 1,390 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | #37 | 1,289 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #41 | 1,249 | #815 | 7 |
| 1887 | #37 | 1,072 | — | |
| 1886 | #42 | 995 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | #37 | 979 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | #40 | 911 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #39 | 837 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #36 | 810 | — | |
| 1881 | #33 | 678 | — | |
| 1880 | #34 | 647 | #909 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lillie was already there! It came in at #34, and was given to 647 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1975–1993, when fewer than 120 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lillie
- 7 spots since 2024 (#682 → #675)
- 43 spots since 2020 (#718 → #675)
- 99 spots since 2015 (#576 → #675)
- Biggest jump: 155 spots in 1998 (#1,026 → #871)
- Biggest drop: 234 spots in 1975 (#905 → #1,139)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #33 (678 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 85 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 48 yrs · run 1880–1927
- Top 1,000: 123 yrs · run 1880–1974
- Highest: 1 in 133 girls born in 1882 were named Lillie (0.75%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,827 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #33 in 1881, was only 1 in 136 (0.74%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.5% of all girls named Lillie (29,382) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 9,467 | #33 (1881) | #38 |
| 1890s | 14,093 | #35 (1890) | #41 |
| 1900s | 15,391 | #40 (1900) | #49 |
| 1910s | 24,651 | #54 (1910) | #75 |
| 1920s | 29,382 | #85 (1922) | #95 |
| 1930s | 19,925 | #111 (1930) | #121 |
| 1940s | 15,357 | #143 (1940) | #168 |
| 1950s | 9,622 | #202 (1950) | #280 |
| 1960s | 3,873 | #386 (1960) | #510 |
| 1970s | 1,404 | #695 (1971) | #988 |
| 1980s | 1,004 | #1,141 (1980) | #1,328 |
| 1990s | 1,615 | #801 (1999) | #1,185 |
| 2000s | 5,248 | #426 (2009) | #573 |
| 2010s | 5,506 | #452 (2010) | #559 |
| 2020s | 2,380 | #675 (2025) | #719 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lillie in 1904
Top girls' names in 1904
Top boys' names in 1904
More about 1904
girls
275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 202 of them was named Lillie, which outranked 97.6% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
128,122 boys got a published name in 1904; 1 in 11,647 of them was named Lillie, which outranked 48.2% of the 1,395 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).