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

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Peak · girls
1881 · 678 births
Debut · girls
647 births
In top 100 · girls
48 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
158,918
since 1880

Lillie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #33, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#675420
2024#682418
2023#699413
2022#760377
2021#779364
2020#718388
2019#650449
2018#667442
2017#663444
2016#608495
2015#576531
2014#508612
2013#510585
2012#495622
2011#463644
2010#452682
2009#426751
2008#485653
2007#483671
2006#488637
2005#504599
2004#571500
2003#633422
2002#652388
2001#735326
2000#757301
1999#801273
1998#871242
1997#1,026187
1996#1,028182
1995#1,235138
1994#1,264135
1993#1,503105
1992#1,392118
1991#1,367119
1990#1,364116
1989#1,354113
1988#1,52188
1987#1,47088
1986#1,40591
1985#1,43987
1984#1,28497
1983#1,26698
1982#1,251104
1981#1,145119
1980#1,141119
1979#1,144116
1978#1,194105
1977#1,31588
1976#1,122106
1975#1,139102
1974#905140
1973#845153
1972#792173
1971#695219
1970#731202
1969#657228#4,4045
1968#659216
1967#549293
1966#538307
1965#487377
1964#456458
1963#491391
1962#437491#4,0335
1961#436509
1960#386603#3,3377
1959#371664#3,9885
1958#352683#3,0338
1957#324793
1956#310829#3,2167
1955#285915
1954#2541,050
1953#2481,070
1952#2331,124
1951#2221,174#3,7145
1950#2021,320#2,7708
1949#1971,390#2,33711
1948#1891,452
1947#1911,441#3,3706
1946#1781,487#3,1736
1945#1671,406#2,13111
1944#1591,526#2,8627
1943#1581,594#2,5639
1942#1501,716#1,79916
1941#1441,654#1,63318
1940#1431,691#1,68017
1939#1431,652#1,53219
1938#1321,815#1,61318
1937#1311,899#1,31326
1936#1241,866#1,54019
1935#1181,953#1,42223
1934#1161,977#1,60819
1933#1112,059#1,70717
1932#1112,218#1,46523
1931#1122,118#1,42724
1930#1112,368#1,55922
1929#1032,441#1,33928
1928#1042,621#1,70720
1927#942,861#2,12115
1926#992,845#1,60522
1925#913,119#2,01216
1924#972,979#1,96417
1923#913,036#1,64422
1922#853,200#2,04016
1921#943,118#1,47526
1920#903,162#1,59223
1919#813,262#2,06315
1918#893,112#2,16514
1917#862,931#2,09114
1916#882,825#1,94915
1915#842,687#1,66018
1914#742,287#1,86812
1913#712,030#2,0928
1912#672,003#1,7469
1911#601,690#1,1909
1910#541,824#1,4216
1909#521,635
1908#541,471#1,3735
1907#531,536#1,3455
1906#501,500#1,0047
1905#511,481#63614
1904#511,364#72311
1903#461,485#9107
1902#441,533#7949
1901#451,382
1900#402,004#68014
1899#451,350#66110
1898#441,522#63512
1897#441,401#1,0575
1896#431,483#1,1015
1895#441,414#7958
1894#401,432#1,0745
1893#411,351#8367
1892#361,503#7489
1891#391,247#7008
1890#351,390#8846
1889#371,289#8786
1888#411,249#8157
1887#371,072
1886#42995#8456
1885#37979#8366
1884#40911#9715
1883#39837#8925
1882#36810
1881#33678
1880#34647#9095
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #33 (678 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 85 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 48 yrs · run 1880–1927
  • Top 1,000: 123 yrs · run 1880–1974
Share of babies · girls
1 in 133
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 18.5% of all girls named Lillie (29,382) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s9,467#33 (1881)#38
1890s14,093#35 (1890)#41
1900s15,391#40 (1900)#49
1910s24,651#54 (1910)#75
1920s29,382#85 (1922)#95
1930s19,925#111 (1930)#121
1940s15,357#143 (1940)#168
1950s9,622#202 (1950)#280
1960s3,873#386 (1960)#510
1970s1,404#695 (1971)#988
1980s1,004#1,141 (1980)#1,328
1990s1,615#801 (1999)#1,185
2000s5,248#426 (2009)#573
2010s5,506#452 (2010)#559
2020s2,380#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 1925

girls
#91
3,119 births · 1 in 390 girls
boys
#2,012
16 births · 1 in 69,745 boys

Top girls' names in 1925

  1. #1Mary70,586
  2. #2Dorothy38,570
  3. #3Betty32,812
  4. #4Helen29,173
  5. #5Margaret24,463
  6. #6Ruth22,247
  7. #7Virginia17,490
  8. #8Doris16,075
  9. #9Mildred14,453
  10. #10Elizabeth13,936
  11. #91Lillie3,119

Top boys' names in 1925

  1. #1Robert60,895
  2. #2John57,195
  3. #3William53,310
  4. #4James52,680
  5. #5Charles29,580
  6. #6George26,560
  7. #7Joseph24,613
  8. #8Richard23,269
  9. #9Edward20,090
  10. #10Donald19,193
  11. #2,012Lillie16
More about 1925

girls

1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 390 of them was named Lillie, which outranked 98.4% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lillie
  1. #88Kathryn3,262
  2. #89Jeanne3,225
  3. #90Pearl3,213
  4. #91Lillie3,119
  5. #92Violet3,032
  6. #93Ella3,006
  7. #94Alma2,996
Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. 605Nanette#1,475#870
  2. 417Paulina#1,258#841
  3. 353Estela#1,258#905
  4. 323Delois#1,123#800
  5. 313Veola#1,301#988
Fallers
  1. 610Kathlyn#999#1,609
  2. 396Izetta#951#1,347
  3. 355Loma#941#1,296
  4. 345Phylis#880#1,225
  5. 309Eris#728#1,037

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 69,745 of them was named Lillie, which outranked 58.7% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lillie
  1. #1,935Worley17
  2. #1,935Wray17
  3. #1,935Xavier17
  4. #2,012Lillie16
  5. #2,012Ardis16
  6. #2,012Bartlett16
  7. #2,012Bentley16
  8. #2,089Achille15
  9. #2,089Addie15
  10. #2,089Adolphe15

Tied with 76 names at #2,012; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. 548Okey#1,532#984
  2. 494Eddy#1,492#998
  3. 422Terrence#1,223#801
  4. 371Hughie#1,355#984
  5. 363Rexford#1,287#924
Fallers
  1. 444Baxter#916#1,360
  2. 429Adelbert#817#1,246
  3. 407Jonnie#925#1,332
  4. 406Faustino#984#1,390
  5. 387Deward#859#1,246

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1925