Girls' name · since 1998
Lillee
Lillee has 1,085 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,099 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,320 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,085
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lillee currently ranks #7320 among girls' names in America, with 1,085 babies recorded since 1998.
Lillee has 1,085 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7320 as of the latest data, more common than 58% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #7,099 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,320 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,085 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lillee ranks #7,099 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,320 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,085 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,099 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,320 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,085
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lillee's 1,085 recorded births place it above 90.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Lillee compares
1,085 Top 31% higher than 69% 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
Lillee's all-time total is 189% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lillee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,085 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 77 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lillee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lillee splits its recorded history at 2012: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 77 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lillee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 77
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Lillee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (577 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Lillee's strongest decade.
577 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Lillee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
361 births
- 2010s
2010s
577 births
- 2020s 134
2020s
134 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 577 births (53% of all-time use).
How Lillee 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 Lillee's total volume
Lillee by state
Where Lillee concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 45 | 4.1% |
| #2 | California | | 31 | 2.9% |
| #3 | Missouri | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Arkansas | | 6 | 0.6% |
45 of 1,085 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Lillee's data
- Lillee's decade-level peak was the 2010s (577 total births); usage has since declined to 134 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Lillees (45 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Lillee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Lillee 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.