Lillie remains a common girls' name (#675 in 2025), down from a peak of #33 in 1881.
Lillie is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #676 for girl births in the United States (and #1,331 across all names), given to 420 babies. Lillie was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1919 (3,262 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 420 | 420 | #676 | — |
| 2024 | 418 | 418 | #683 | — |
| 2023 | 413 | 413 | #699 | — |
| 2022 | 377 | 377 | #762 | — |
| 2021 | 364 | 364 | #779 | — |
| 2020 | 388 | 388 | #720 | — |
| 2019 | 449 | 449 | #650 | — |
| 2018 | 442 | 442 | #667 | — |
| 2017 | 444 | 444 | #664 | — |
| 2016 | 495 | 495 | #608 | — |
| 2015 | 531 | 531 | #577 | — |
| 2014 | 612 | 612 | #508 | — |
| 2013 | 585 | 585 | #511 | — |
| 2012 | 622 | 622 | #496 | — |
| 2011 | 644 | 644 | #464 | — |
| 2010 | 682 | 682 | #453 | — |
| 2009 | 751 | 751 | #426 | — |
| 2008 | 653 | 653 | #485 | — |
| 2007 | 671 | 671 | #484 | — |
| 2006 | 637 | 637 | #488 | — |
| 2005 | 599 | 599 | #504 | — |
| 2004 | 500 | 500 | #572 | — |
| 2003 | 422 | 422 | #633 | — |
| 2002 | 388 | 388 | #653 | — |
| 2001 | 326 | 326 | #736 | — |
| 2000 | 301 | 301 | #760 | — |
| 1999 | 273 | 273 | #801 | — |
| 1998 | 242 | 242 | #873 | — |
| 1997 | 187 | — | #1,027 | — |
| 1996 | 182 | — | #1,031 | — |
| 1995 | 138 | — | #1,239 | — |
| 1994 | 135 | — | #1,266 | — |
| 1993 | 105 | — | #1,506 | — |
| 1992 | 118 | — | #1,397 | — |
| 1991 | 119 | — | #1,369 | — |
| 1990 | 116 | — | #1,368 | — |
| 1989 | 113 | — | #1,361 | — |
| 1988 | 88 | — | #1,526 | — |
| 1987 | 88 | — | #1,477 | — |
| 1986 | 91 | — | #1,414 | — |
| 1985 | 87 | — | #1,443 | — |
| 1984 | 97 | — | #1,290 | — |
| 1983 | 98 | — | #1,267 | — |
| 1982 | 104 | — | #1,254 | — |
| 1981 | 119 | — | #1,146 | — |
| 1980 | 119 | — | #1,147 | — |
| 1979 | 116 | — | #1,149 | — |
| 1978 | 105 | — | #1,198 | — |
| 1977 | 88 | — | #1,320 | — |
| 1976 | 106 | — | #1,130 | — |
| 1975 | 102 | — | #1,141 | — |
| 1974 | 140 | — | #906 | — |
| 1973 | 153 | — | #845 | — |
| 1972 | 173 | — | #792 | — |
| 1971 | 219 | — | #696 | — |
| 1970 | 202 | — | #733 | — |
| 1969 | 233 | — | #659 | #4,768 |
| 1968 | 216 | — | #659 | — |
| 1967 | 293 | — | #550 | — |
| 1966 | 307 | — | #538 | — |
| 1965 | 377 | — | #489 | — |
| 1964 | 458 | — | #456 | — |
| 1963 | 391 | — | #491 | — |
| 1962 | 496 | — | #437 | #4,399 |
| 1961 | 509 | — | #436 | — |
| 1960 | 610 | — | #386 | #3,526 |
| 1959 | 669 | — | #371 | #4,327 |
| 1958 | 691 | — | #352 | #3,171 |
| 1957 | 793 | — | #324 | — |
| 1956 | 836 | — | #310 | #3,397 |
| 1955 | 915 | — | #285 | — |
| 1954 | 1,050 | — | #254 | — |
| 1953 | 1,070 | — | #248 | — |
| 1952 | 1,124 | — | #233 | — |
| 1951 | 1,179 | — | #222 | #4,032 |
| 1950 | 1,328 | — | #202 | #2,925 |
| 1949 | 1,401 | — | #197 | #2,408 |
| 1948 | 1,452 | — | #189 | — |
| 1947 | 1,447 | — | #191 | #3,587 |
| 1946 | 1,493 | — | #178 | #3,381 |
| 1945 | 1,417 | — | #167 | #2,200 |
| 1944 | 1,533 | — | #159 | #3,011 |
| 1943 | 1,603 | — | #158 | #2,661 |
| 1942 | 1,732 | — | #150 | #1,839 |
| 1941 | 1,672 | — | #144 | #1,669 |
| 1940 | 1,708 | — | #143 | #1,719 |
| 1939 | 1,671 | — | #143 | #1,563 |
| 1938 | 1,833 | — | #132 | #1,658 |
| 1937 | 1,925 | — | #131 | #1,331 |
| 1936 | 1,885 | — | #124 | #1,574 |
| 1935 | 1,976 | — | #118 | #1,442 |
| 1934 | 1,996 | — | #116 | #1,644 |
| 1933 | 2,076 | — | #111 | #1,746 |
| 1932 | 2,241 | — | #111 | #1,494 |
| 1931 | 2,142 | — | #112 | #1,443 |
| 1930 | 2,390 | — | #111 | #1,584 |
| 1929 | 2,469 | — | #103 | #1,362 |
| 1928 | 2,641 | — | #104 | #1,739 |
| 1927 | 2,876 | — | #94 | #2,161 |
| 1926 | 2,867 | — | #99 | #1,639 |
| 1925 | 3,135 | — | #91 | #2,051 |
| 1924 | 2,996 | — | #97 | #2,014 |
| 1923 | 3,058 | — | #91 | #1,675 |
| 1922 | 3,216 | — | #85 | #2,109 |
| 1921 | 3,144 | — | #94 | #1,497 |
| 1920 | 3,185 | — | #90 | #1,623 |
| 1919 | 3,277 | — | #81 | #2,108 |
| 1918 | 3,126 | — | #89 | #2,229 |
| 1917 | 2,945 | — | #86 | #2,145 |
| 1916 | 2,840 | — | #88 | #2,011 |
| 1915 | 2,705 | — | #84 | #1,693 |
| 1914 | 2,299 | — | #74 | #1,921 |
| 1913 | 2,038 | — | #71 | #2,185 |
| 1912 | 2,012 | — | #67 | #1,829 |
| 1911 | 1,699 | — | #60 | #1,245 |
| 1910 | 1,830 | — | #54 | #1,518 |
| 1909 | 1,635 | — | #52 | — |
| 1908 | 1,476 | — | #54 | #1,515 |
| 1907 | 1,541 | — | #53 | #1,460 |
| 1906 | 1,507 | — | #50 | #1,070 |
| 1905 | 1,495 | — | #51 | #652 |
| 1904 | 1,375 | — | #51 | #744 |
| 1903 | 1,492 | — | #46 | #972 |
| 1902 | 1,542 | — | #44 | #835 |
| 1901 | 1,382 | — | #45 | — |
| 1900 | 2,018 | — | #40 | #690 |
| 1899 | 1,360 | — | #45 | #684 |
| 1898 | 1,534 | — | #44 | #649 |
| 1897 | 1,406 | — | #44 | #1,161 |
| 1896 | 1,488 | — | #43 | #1,194 |
| 1895 | 1,422 | — | #44 | #839 |
| 1894 | 1,437 | — | #40 | #1,179 |
| 1893 | 1,358 | — | #41 | #880 |
| 1892 | 1,512 | — | #36 | #775 |
| 1891 | 1,255 | — | #39 | #738 |
| 1890 | 1,396 | — | #35 | #953 |
| 1889 | 1,295 | — | #37 | #937 |
| 1888 | 1,256 | — | #41 | #879 |
| 1887 | 1,072 | — | #37 | — |
| 1886 | 1,001 | — | #42 | #914 |
| 1885 | 985 | — | #37 | #887 |
| 1884 | 916 | — | #40 | #1,058 |
| 1883 | 842 | — | #39 | #980 |
| 1882 | 810 | — | #36 | — |
| 1881 | 678 | — | #33 | — |
| 1880 | 652 | — | #34 | #1,003 |