Meaning not yet researched.
Lillie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 420 in 2025. Its best rank was #33 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #33 in 1881; #676 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Lillie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#676 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #33.
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Lillie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 420 girls in 2025. Peak: #33 in 1881 · most girls in one year: 3,262 (1919).
In 2025, 420 US girls were named Lillie, making it the 676th most common girls’ name of the year, up 7 places from #683 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 418 girls named Lillie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #33, reached in 1881. The most girls given the name in a single year was 3,262, in 1919. For comparison, it was #577 in 2015 and #202 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Lillie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 652 babies with the name. In all, 159,791 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 29,587 babies named Lillie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,210 US girls were named Lillie; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 495. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,827 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Lillie ranked highest in South Carolina in 2025, at #236 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Lilly (66,752 babies since 1880), Lilia (14,319 babies since 1880), Lili (3,862 babies since 1880) and Lilli (3,383 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Lilliah, Lyllie and Lylie are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Lilliah (193), Lyllie (87), Lylie (58), Lylli (33), Lellie (16), Lyllia (6), Lillea (6), Lileia (5), Lelie (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Lillie in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 21 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 21 | #236 | #357 |
| Kentucky | 17 | #266 | #306 |
| Alabama | 15 | #335 | #225 |
| Tennessee | 20 | #403 | #325 |
| North Carolina | 27 | #415 | #355 |
| Virginia | 18 | #451 | #491 |
| Idaho | 5 | #453 | #302 |
| Louisiana | 10 | #460 | #249 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #468 | #283 |
| Mississippi | 6 | #488 | #405 |
| Georgia | 23 | #500 | #398 |
| Minnesota | 10 | #527 | #830 |
| Missouri | 11 | #543 | #458 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | #587 | #718 |
| Ohio | 17 | #609 | #561 |
| Iowa | 5 | #639 | #662 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #669 | #278 |
| Florida | 25 | #683 | #548 |
| Pennsylvania | 13 | #745 | #915 |
| Texas | 39 | #773 | #675 |
| Utah | 5 | #775 | #602 |
| Washington | 8 | #780 | #814 |
| Michigan | 9 | #831 | #573 |
| Colorado | 6 | #861 | #667 |
| Arizona | 6 | #985 | #554 |
| New Jersey | 6 | #1,103 | #1,123 |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,137 | #465 |
| California | 22 | #1,172 | #860 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,342 | #835 |
| New York | 10 | #1,380 | #1,559 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 420 | #676 | — | — |
| 2024 | 418 | #683 | — | — |
| 2023 | 413 | #699 | — | — |
| 2022 | 377 | #762 | — | — |
| 2021 | 364 | #779 | — | — |
| 2020 | 388 | #720 | — | — |
| 2019 | 449 | #650 | — | — |
| 2018 | 442 | #667 | — | — |
| 2017 | 444 | #664 | — | — |
| 2016 | 495 | #608 | — | — |
| 2015 | 531 | #577 | — | — |
| 2014 | 612 | #508 | — | — |
| 2013 | 585 | #511 | — | — |
| 2012 | 622 | #496 | — | — |
| 2011 | 644 | #464 | — | — |
| 2010 | 682 | #453 | — | — |
| 2009 | 751 | #426 | — | — |
| 2008 | 653 | #485 | — | — |
| 2007 | 671 | #484 | — | — |
| 2006 | 637 | #488 | — | — |
| 2005 | 599 | #504 | — | — |
| 2004 | 500 | #572 | — | — |
| 2003 | 422 | #633 | — | — |
| 2002 | 388 | #653 | — | — |
| 2001 | 326 | #736 | — | — |
| 2000 | 301 | #760 | — | — |
| 1999 | 273 | #801 | — | — |
| 1998 | 242 | #873 | — | — |
| 1997 | 187 | #1,027 | — | — |
| 1996 | 182 | #1,031 | — | — |
| 1995 | 138 | #1,239 | — | — |
| 1994 | 135 | #1,266 | — | — |
| 1993 | 105 | #1,506 | — | — |
| 1992 | 118 | #1,397 | — | — |
| 1991 | 119 | #1,369 | — | — |
| 1990 | 116 | #1,368 | — | — |
| 1989 | 113 | #1,361 | — | — |
| 1988 | 88 | #1,526 | — | — |
| 1987 | 88 | #1,477 | — | — |
| 1986 | 91 | #1,414 | — | — |
| 1985 | 87 | #1,443 | — | — |
| 1984 | 97 | #1,290 | — | — |
| 1983 | 98 | #1,267 | — | — |
| 1982 | 104 | #1,254 | — | — |
| 1981 | 119 | #1,146 | — | — |
| 1980 | 119 | #1,147 | — | — |
| 1979 | 116 | #1,149 | — | — |
| 1978 | 105 | #1,198 | — | — |
| 1977 | 88 | #1,320 | — | — |
| 1976 | 106 | #1,130 | — | — |
| 1975 | 102 | #1,141 | — | — |
| 1974 | 140 | #906 | — | — |
| 1973 | 153 | #845 | — | — |
| 1972 | 173 | #792 | — | — |
| 1971 | 219 | #696 | — | — |
| 1970 | 202 | #733 | — | — |
| 1969 | 228 | #659 | 5 | #4,768 |
| 1968 | 216 | #659 | — | — |
| 1967 | 293 | #550 | — | — |
| 1966 | 307 | #538 | — | — |
| 1965 | 377 | #489 | — | — |
| 1964 | 458 | #456 | — | — |
| 1963 | 391 | #491 | — | — |
| 1962 | 491 | #437 | 5 | #4,399 |
| 1961 | 509 | #436 | — | — |
| 1960 | 603 | #386 | 7 | #3,526 |
| 1959 | 664 | #371 | 5 | #4,327 |
| 1958 | 683 | #352 | 8 | #3,171 |
| 1957 | 793 | #324 | — | — |
| 1956 | 829 | #310 | 7 | #3,397 |
| 1955 | 915 | #285 | — | — |
| 1954 | 1,050 | #254 | — | — |
| 1953 | 1,070 | #248 | — | — |
| 1952 | 1,124 | #233 | — | — |
| 1951 | 1,174 | #222 | 5 | #4,032 |
| 1950 | 1,320 | #202 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1949 | 1,390 | #197 | 11 | #2,408 |
| 1948 | 1,452 | #189 | — | — |
| 1947 | 1,441 | #191 | 6 | #3,587 |
| 1946 | 1,487 | #178 | 6 | #3,381 |
| 1945 | 1,406 | #167 | 11 | #2,200 |
| 1944 | 1,526 | #159 | 7 | #3,011 |
| 1943 | 1,594 | #158 | 9 | #2,661 |
| 1942 | 1,716 | #150 | 16 | #1,839 |
| 1941 | 1,654 | #144 | 18 | #1,669 |
| 1940 | 1,691 | #143 | 17 | #1,719 |
| 1939 | 1,652 | #143 | 19 | #1,563 |
| 1938 | 1,815 | #132 | 18 | #1,658 |
| 1937 | 1,899 | #131 | 26 | #1,331 |
| 1936 | 1,866 | #124 | 19 | #1,574 |
| 1935 | 1,953 | #118 | 23 | #1,442 |
| 1934 | 1,977 | #116 | 19 | #1,644 |
| 1933 | 2,059 | #111 | 17 | #1,746 |
| 1932 | 2,218 | #111 | 23 | #1,494 |
| 1931 | 2,118 | #112 | 24 | #1,443 |
| 1930 | 2,368 | #111 | 22 | #1,584 |
| 1929 | 2,441 | #103 | 28 | #1,362 |
| 1928 | 2,621 | #104 | 20 | #1,739 |
| 1927 | 2,861 | #94 | 15 | #2,161 |
| 1926 | 2,845 | #99 | 22 | #1,639 |
| 1925 | 3,119 | #91 | 16 | #2,051 |
| 1924 | 2,979 | #97 | 17 | #2,014 |
| 1923 | 3,036 | #91 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1922 | 3,200 | #85 | 16 | #2,109 |
| 1921 | 3,118 | #94 | 26 | #1,497 |
| 1920 | 3,162 | #90 | 23 | #1,623 |
| 1919 | 3,262 | #81 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1918 | 3,112 | #89 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1917 | 2,931 | #86 | 14 | #2,145 |
| 1916 | 2,825 | #88 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 1915 | 2,687 | #84 | 18 | #1,693 |
| 1914 | 2,287 | #74 | 12 | #1,921 |
| 1913 | 2,030 | #71 | 8 | #2,185 |
| 1912 | 2,003 | #67 | 9 | #1,829 |
| 1911 | 1,690 | #60 | 9 | #1,245 |
| 1910 | 1,824 | #54 | 6 | #1,518 |
| 1909 | 1,635 | #52 | — | — |
| 1908 | 1,471 | #54 | 5 | #1,515 |
| 1907 | 1,536 | #53 | 5 | #1,460 |
| 1906 | 1,500 | #50 | 7 | #1,070 |
| 1905 | 1,481 | #51 | 14 | #652 |
| 1904 | 1,364 | #51 | 11 | #744 |
| 1903 | 1,485 | #46 | 7 | #972 |
| 1902 | 1,533 | #44 | 9 | #835 |
| 1901 | 1,382 | #45 | — | — |
| 1900 | 2,004 | #40 | 14 | #690 |
| 1899 | 1,350 | #45 | 10 | #684 |
| 1898 | 1,522 | #44 | 12 | #649 |
| 1897 | 1,401 | #44 | 5 | #1,161 |
| 1896 | 1,483 | #43 | 5 | #1,194 |
| 1895 | 1,414 | #44 | 8 | #839 |
| 1894 | 1,432 | #40 | 5 | #1,179 |
| 1893 | 1,351 | #41 | 7 | #880 |
| 1892 | 1,503 | #36 | 9 | #775 |
| 1891 | 1,247 | #39 | 8 | #738 |
| 1890 | 1,390 | #35 | 6 | #953 |
| 1889 | 1,289 | #37 | 6 | #937 |
| 1888 | 1,249 | #41 | 7 | #879 |
| 1887 | 1,072 | #37 | — | — |
| 1886 | 995 | #42 | 6 | #914 |
| 1885 | 979 | #37 | 6 | #887 |
| 1884 | 911 | #40 | 5 | #1,058 |
| 1883 | 837 | #39 | 5 | #980 |
| 1882 | 810 | #36 | — | — |
| 1881 | 678 | #33 | — | — |
| 1880 | 647 | #34 | 5 | #1,003 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).