Lilie — #7947 US girls' name
1,461 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.
More common than 55% of names given to girls today.
19% of everyone ever named Lilie was born in this single decade.
40 babies were named Lilie in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lilie
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,461 babies named Lilie between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lilie currently holds the #7947 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 40 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lilie performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 277 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Lilie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Lilie in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lilie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,461 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Lilie at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lilie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1881
- Peak year (2008)
- 40
- Annual births at peak — across 144 years of records
Currently ranks #7947 among girls.
1,461 total births across 144 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 40 births in a single year.
Lilie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 277 births that decade — 19% of Lilie's all-time total
Lilie decade highlights
- Peak decade 277 births
- Runner-up 255 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Lilie's strongest decade
277 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
Lilie by state
Where Lilie concentrates geographically — total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 36 | 2.5% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 28 | 1.9% |
| #3 | California | | 27 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Wisconsin | | 5 | 0.3% |
36 of 1,461 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 2.5% of nationwide
- Alabama 1.9% of nationwide
- California 1.8% of nationwide
- Mississippi 0.8% of nationwide
- South Carolina 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 2.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1881–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.