Lilley — girls' name
430 babies named Lilley in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Lilley was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Lilley in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lilley
The Social Security Administration has registered 430 babies named Lilley between 1919 and 2023, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lilley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 33 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lilley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 195 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lilley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lilley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lilley 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 430 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.
Lilley at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lilley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1919
- Peak year (2008)
- 33
- Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
430 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 33 births in a single year.
Lilley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 195 births that decade — 45% of Lilley's all-time total
Lilley decade highlights
- Peak decade 195 births
- Runner-up 179 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lilley's strongest decade
195 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Lilley by state
Where Lilley concentrates geographically — total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 8 | 1.9% |
8 of 430 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 1.9% 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, 1919–2023 (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.