Girls' name · since 1898
Lillye
Lillye has 60 recorded births since 1898 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1920 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,881 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1898
- 1910s
- peak decade
Lillye is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 60 have been recorded since 1898.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lillye has been recorded 60 times among girls since 1898, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1898 to 1933.
- #32,881 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 60 born since 1898
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lillye ranks #32,881 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 60 born since 1898, peaking in the 1910s.
- #32,881 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1898
- 1910s
- peak decade
Lillye's 60 recorded births place it above 54.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lillye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lillye's SSA record in two at 1920 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1916, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1920 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lillye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–1933
- Peak year (1920)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Lillye by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (22 births, 37% of the file).
1910s was Lillye's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Lillye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1910s
1910s
22 births
- 1920s
1920s
21 births
- 1930s
1930s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 22 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Lillye's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (22 total births) through the 1930s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lillye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1898–1933 (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 Lillye 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.