Girls' name · since 1881
Lilie
1,473 babies named Lilie in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,765 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,375 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,473
- born since 1881
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,473 babies have been named Lilie since 1881, making it today's #8375 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Lilie recorded 1,473 times among girls since 1881, holding rank #8375 nationally today, ahead of 52% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1881 to 2025.
- #5,765 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,375 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,473 born since 1881
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lilie ranks #5,765 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,375 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,473 born since 1881, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,765 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,375 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,473
- born since 1881
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lilie's 1,473 recorded births place it above 92.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Lilie compares
1,473 Top 26% higher than 74% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lilie's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lilie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,473 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 40 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lilie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lilie's full recorded timeline at 1931, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1881, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 40 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lilie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 145 years of records
Lilie by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (277 births, 19% of the file).
2000s was Lilie's strongest decade.
277 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Lilie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 34
1880s
34 births
- 1890s 95
1890s
95 births
- 1900s
1900s
122 births
- 1910s
1910s
208 births
- 1920s
1920s
255 births
- 1930s 105
1930s
105 births
- 1940s 54
1940s
54 births
- 1950s 14
1950s
14 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 29
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
277 births
- 2010s
2010s
204 births
- 2020s 65
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 277 births (19% of all-time use).
How Lilie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lilie's total volume
Lilie by state
Where Lilie concentrates geographically, total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 36 | 2.4% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 28 | 1.9% |
| #3 | California | | 27 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Wisconsin | | 5 | 0.3% |
36 of 1,473 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Lilie's data
- Lilie's decade-level peak was the 2000s (277 total births); usage has since declined to 65 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Lilies (36 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lilie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~144 yrs)
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, 1881–2025 (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 Lilie 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.