Girls' name · since 1880
Lillie
Lillie has 158,918 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1919 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #253 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #675 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 158,918
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
158,918 babies have been named Lillie since 1880, making it today's #675 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lillie has been recorded 158,918 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #675 nationally and more common than 96% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #253 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #675 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 158,918 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lillie ranks #253 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #675 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 158,918 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #253 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #675 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 158,918
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lillie's 158,918 recorded births place it above 99.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Lillie compares
158,918 Top 2% higher than 98% 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
Lillie's all-time total is 423x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lillie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 158,918 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 3,262 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lillie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lillie splits its recorded history at 1953: 17% of all births land in the more recent half, 83% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1985 (87 births) -- compare that against the 1919 peak of 3,262 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lillie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1919)
- 3,262
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Lillie popularity over time - boys
873 total births recorded since 1880 (Lillie as boys' name)
Lillie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (29,382 births, 18% of the file).
1920s was Lillie's strongest decade.
29,382 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Lillie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 9,467
1880s
9,467 births
- 1890s
1890s
14,093 births
- 1900s
1900s
15,391 births
- 1910s
1910s
24,651 births
- 1920s
1920s
29,382 births
- 1930s
1930s
19,925 births
- 1940s
1940s
15,357 births
- 1950s 9,622
1950s
9,622 births
- 1960s 3,873
1960s
3,873 births
- 1970s 1,404
1970s
1,404 births
- 1980s 1,004
1980s
1,004 births
- 1990s 1,615
1990s
1,615 births
- 2000s 5,248
2000s
5,248 births
- 2010s 5,506
2010s
5,506 births
- 2020s 2,380
2020s
2,380 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 29,382 births (18% of all-time use).
How Lillie 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 Lillie's total volume
Lillie by state
Where Lillie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 11,680 | 7.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 11,335 | 7.1% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 10,629 | 6.7% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 10,379 | 6.5% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 10,078 | 6.3% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 9,543 | 6.0% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 6,335 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 5,439 | 3.4% |
11,680 of 158,918 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Lillie appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lillie's data
- Lillie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (29,382 total births); usage has since declined to 2,380 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Lillies (11,680 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 Lillie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Lillie 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.