Lillie
Lillie was given to 420 girls in 2025, #676 among girls’ names; 159,791 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 41,100 Americans named Lillie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (26% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 20 and 80.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lillie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lillie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lillie is “a female given name, a variant of Lily or a pet form of Lillian”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lillie?
#676 among girls’ names, 2025
Lillie fell from #577 in 2015 to #676 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.30 to 0.26 per 1,000.
3,277 babies in 1919, the peak
Lillie peaked in 1919, when 3,277 babies were given it (3,262 girls, #81 among girls’ names). The 420 births of 2025 are 13% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 420 | #676 | 0.26 |
| 2024 | 418 | #683 | 0.26 |
| 2023 | 413 | #699 | 0.26 |
| 2022 | 377 | #762 | 0.23 |
| 2021 | 364 | #779 | 0.22 |
| 2020 | 388 | #720 | 0.24 |
| 2019 | 449 | #650 | 0.27 |
| 2018 | 442 | #667 | 0.26 |
| 2017 | 444 | #664 | 0.26 |
| 2016 | 495 | #608 | 0.28 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 531 | #577 | 0.30 |
| 2014 | 612 | #508 | 0.34 |
| 2013 | 585 | #511 | 0.33 |
| 2012 | 622 | #496 | 0.35 |
| 2011 | 644 | #464 | 0.37 |
| 2010 | 682 | #453 | 0.38 |
| 2009 | 751 | #426 | 0.41 |
| 2008 | 653 | #485 | 0.35 |
| 2007 | 671 | #484 | 0.35 |
| 2006 | 637 | #488 | 0.34 |
| 2005 | 599 | #504 | 0.32 |
| 2004 | 500 | #572 | 0.27 |
| 2003 | 422 | #633 | 0.23 |
| 2002 | 388 | #653 | 0.22 |
| 2001 | 326 | #736 | 0.18 |
| 2000 | 301 | #760 | 0.17 |
| 1999 | 273 | #800 | 0.15 |
| 1998 | 242 | #873 | 0.14 |
| 1997 | 187 | #1,026 | 0.11 |
| 1996 | 182 | #1,029 | 0.10 |
| 1995 | 138 | #1,236 | 0.08 |
| 1994 | 135 | #1,263 | 0.08 |
| 1993 | 105 | #1,504 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 118 | #1,394 | 0.06 |
| 1991 | 119 | #1,365 | 0.06 |
| 1990 | 116 | #1,364 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 113 | #1,358 | 0.06 |
| 1988 | 88 | #1,525 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 88 | #1,476 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 91 | #1,414 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 87 | #1,442 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 97 | #1,290 | 0.06 |
| 1983 | 98 | #1,267 | 0.06 |
| 1982 | 104 | #1,254 | 0.06 |
| 1981 | 119 | #1,146 | 0.07 |
| 1980 | 119 | #1,147 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 116 | #1,149 | 0.07 |
| 1978 | 105 | #1,198 | 0.07 |
| 1977 | 88 | #1,320 | 0.06 |
| 1976 | 106 | #1,130 | 0.07 |
| 1975 | 102 | #1,141 | 0.07 |
| 1974 | 140 | #906 | 0.10 |
| 1973 | 153 | #845 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 173 | #792 | 0.11 |
| 1971 | 219 | #696 | 0.13 |
| 1970 | 202 | #733 | 0.12 |
| 1969 | 228 | #659 | 0.14 |
| 1968 | 216 | #659 | 0.13 |
| 1967 | 293 | #550 | 0.18 |
| 1966 | 307 | #538 | 0.18 |
| 1965 | 377 | #489 | 0.21 |
| 1964 | 458 | #456 | 0.24 |
| 1963 | 391 | #491 | 0.20 |
| 1962 | 491 | #437 | 0.25 |
| 1961 | 509 | #436 | 0.25 |
| 1960 | 603 | #386 | 0.30 |
| 1959 | 664 | #371 | 0.33 |
| 1958 | 683 | #352 | 0.34 |
| 1957 | 793 | #324 | 0.39 |
| 1956 | 829 | #310 | 0.41 |
| 1955 | 915 | #285 | 0.47 |
| 1954 | 1,050 | #254 | 0.54 |
| 1953 | 1,070 | #248 | 0.57 |
| 1952 | 1,124 | #233 | 0.61 |
| 1951 | 1,174 | #222 | 0.65 |
| 1950 | 1,320 | #202 | 0.77 |
| 1949 | 1,390 | #197 | 0.81 |
| 1948 | 1,452 | #189 | 0.86 |
| 1947 | 1,441 | #191 | 0.81 |
| 1946 | 1,487 | #178 | 0.95 |
| 1945 | 1,406 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 1944 | 1,526 | #159 | 1.1 |
| 1943 | 1,594 | #158 | 1.1 |
| 1942 | 1,716 | #150 | 1.3 |
| 1941 | 1,654 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 1940 | 1,691 | #143 | 1.5 |
| 1939 | 1,652 | #143 | 1.5 |
| 1938 | 1,815 | #132 | 1.6 |
| 1937 | 1,899 | #131 | 1.8 |
| 1936 | 1,866 | #124 | 1.8 |
| 1935 | 1,953 | #118 | 1.9 |
| 1934 | 1,977 | #116 | 1.9 |
| 1933 | 2,059 | #111 | 2.0 |
| 1932 | 2,218 | #111 | 2.1 |
| 1931 | 2,118 | #112 | 2.0 |
| 1930 | 2,368 | #111 | 2.1 |
| 1929 | 2,441 | #103 | 2.2 |
| 1928 | 2,621 | #104 | 2.3 |
| 1927 | 2,861 | #94 | 2.4 |
| 1926 | 2,845 | #99 | 2.4 |
| 1925 | 3,119 | #91 | 2.6 |
| 1924 | 2,979 | #97 | 2.4 |
| 1923 | 3,036 | #91 | 2.5 |
| 1922 | 3,200 | #85 | 2.7 |
| 1921 | 3,118 | #94 | 2.5 |
| 1920 | 3,162 | #90 | 2.6 |
| 1919 | 3,262 | #81 | 2.9 |
| 1918 | 3,112 | #89 | 2.7 |
| 1917 | 2,931 | #86 | 2.7 |
| 1916 | 2,825 | #88 | 2.7 |
| 1915 | 2,687 | #84 | 2.7 |
| 1914 | 2,287 | #74 | 3.0 |
| 1913 | 2,030 | #71 | 3.3 |
| 1912 | 2,003 | #67 | 3.6 |
| 1911 | 1,690 | #60 | 4.0 |
| 1910 | 1,824 | #54 | 4.6 |
| 1909 | 1,635 | #52 | 4.7 |
| 1908 | 1,471 | #54 | 4.4 |
| 1907 | 1,536 | #53 | 4.8 |
| 1906 | 1,500 | #50 | 5.1 |
| 1905 | 1,481 | #51 | 5.1 |
| 1904 | 1,364 | #51 | 5.0 |
| 1903 | 1,485 | #46 | 5.7 |
| 1902 | 1,533 | #44 | 5.8 |
| 1901 | 1,382 | #45 | 5.8 |
| 1900 | 2,004 | #40 | 6.7 |
| 1899 | 1,350 | #45 | 5.8 |
| 1898 | 1,522 | #44 | 5.9 |
| 1897 | 1,401 | #44 | 6.0 |
| 1896 | 1,483 | #43 | 6.2 |
| 1895 | 1,414 | #44 | 6.1 |
| 1894 | 1,432 | #40 | 6.4 |
| 1893 | 1,351 | #41 | 6.3 |
| 1892 | 1,503 | #36 | 7.1 |
| 1891 | 1,247 | #39 | 6.7 |
| 1890 | 1,390 | #35 | 7.3 |
| 1889 | 1,289 | #37 | 7.2 |
| 1888 | 1,249 | #41 | 7.0 |
| 1887 | 1,072 | #37 | 7.3 |
| 1886 | 995 | #42 | 6.9 |
| 1885 | 979 | #37 | 7.4 |
| 1884 | 911 | #40 | 7.1 |
| 1883 | 837 | #39 | 7.5 |
| 1882 | 810 | #36 | 7.5 |
| 1881 | 678 | #33 | 7.4 |
| 1880 | 647 | #34 | 7.1 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lillie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lillie has been given almost only to girls: 873 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Lillie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lillie, and how old are they?
41,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 26% of the 159,791 Americans ever recorded as Lillie. The median Lillie alive today is 67 years old; half are between 20 and 80.
The 2020 Census counted 36,984 people named Lillie (36,906 women and girls, 78 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 48,463 born in the U.S. The Census count is 24% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 9,320 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 13,300 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,710 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,750 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 7,820 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5,900 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lillie born?
The states with the most babies named Lillie are Georgia, Texas and Alabama, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 11,690 | #500 | 3.0× |
| Texas | 11,335 | #773 | 1.5× |
| Alabama | 10,645 | #335 | 3.3× |
| Mississippi | 10,390 | #488 | 4.3× |
| North Carolina | 10,084 | #415 | 2.4× |
| South Carolina | 9,548 | #236 | 3.8× |
| Louisiana | 6,335 | #460 | 2.5× |
| Tennessee | 5,439 | #403 | 1.7× |
| Florida | 4,396 | #683 | 1.8× |
| Virginia | 4,396 | #451 | 1.4× |
Where Lillie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lillie is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 4.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lillie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 256,653 babies since 1880, Lillie is the most given (62% of them). In 2025 it was given to 420 of their 2,144 babies (20%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lillie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lillie and names like it
- Compare Lillie and LillyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sLillie peaked in 1919.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lillie since 1910.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Lillie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lillie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.