Girls' name · since 2001
Liley
Liley has 70 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 70
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Liley is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 70 have been recorded since 2001.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Liley has been recorded 70 times among girls since 2001, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2014.
- #31,134 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 70 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Liley ranks #31,134 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 70 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #31,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 70
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Liley's 70 recorded births place it above 56.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Liley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Liley's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Liley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2014
- Peak year (2011)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Liley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (36 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Liley's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Liley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
34 births
- 2010s
2010s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 36 births (51% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Liley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Liley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.