Lilly is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 2010 and has grown less common since.
Lilly is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #252 for girl births in the United States (and #538 across all names), given to 1,218 babies. Lilly was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2010 (2,891 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,218 | 1,218 | #252 | — |
| 2024 | 1,221 | 1,221 | #261 | — |
| 2023 | 1,202 | 1,202 | #257 | — |
| 2022 | 1,315 | 1,315 | #230 | — |
| 2021 | 1,356 | 1,356 | #218 | — |
| 2020 | 1,289 | 1,289 | #229 | — |
| 2019 | 1,553 | 1,553 | #190 | — |
| 2018 | 1,788 | 1,788 | #160 | — |
| 2017 | 1,932 | 1,932 | #152 | — |
| 2016 | 2,172 | 2,172 | #143 | — |
| 2015 | 2,325 | 2,325 | #139 | — |
| 2014 | 2,582 | 2,582 | #124 | — |
| 2013 | 2,620 | 2,620 | #122 | — |
| 2012 | 2,791 | 2,791 | #110 | — |
| 2011 | 2,873 | 2,873 | #103 | — |
| 2010 | 2,891 | 2,891 | #106 | — |
| 2009 | 2,833 | 2,833 | #116 | — |
| 2008 | 2,699 | 2,699 | #125 | #13,785 |
| 2007 | 2,407 | 2,407 | #146 | #13,604 |
| 2006 | 2,279 | 2,279 | #150 | — |
| 2005 | 1,912 | 1,912 | #180 | #12,587 |
| 2004 | 1,625 | 1,625 | #211 | #7,930 |
| 2003 | 1,188 | 1,188 | #265 | — |
| 2002 | 911 | 911 | #333 | — |
| 2001 | 782 | 782 | #380 | — |
| 2000 | 659 | 659 | #428 | — |
| 1999 | 488 | 488 | #522 | — |
| 1998 | 414 | 414 | #583 | — |
| 1997 | 332 | — | #663 | — |
| 1996 | 234 | — | #854 | — |
| 1995 | 208 | — | #909 | — |
| 1994 | 135 | — | #1,267 | — |
| 1993 | 127 | — | #1,322 | — |
| 1992 | 122 | — | #1,365 | — |
| 1991 | 102 | — | #1,530 | — |
| 1990 | 108 | — | #1,451 | — |
| 1989 | 103 | — | #1,441 | — |
| 1988 | 99 | — | #1,416 | — |
| 1987 | 63 | — | #1,848 | — |
| 1986 | 74 | — | #1,609 | — |
| 1985 | 73 | — | #1,625 | — |
| 1984 | 47 | — | #2,130 | — |
| 1983 | 51 | — | #2,005 | — |
| 1982 | 75 | — | #1,576 | — |
| 1981 | 70 | — | #1,653 | — |
| 1980 | 59 | — | #1,856 | — |
| 1979 | 60 | — | #1,802 | — |
| 1978 | 65 | — | #1,644 | — |
| 1977 | 61 | — | #1,708 | — |
| 1976 | 42 | — | #2,084 | — |
| 1975 | 58 | — | #1,663 | — |
| 1974 | 65 | — | #1,508 | — |
| 1973 | 68 | — | #1,436 | — |
| 1972 | 60 | — | #1,551 | — |
| 1971 | 76 | — | #1,401 | — |
| 1970 | 75 | — | #1,397 | — |
| 1969 | 75 | — | #1,311 | — |
| 1968 | 93 | — | #1,111 | — |
| 1967 | 79 | — | #1,197 | — |
| 1966 | 104 | — | #1,014 | — |
| 1965 | 120 | — | #928 | — |
| 1964 | 108 | — | #1,044 | — |
| 1963 | 117 | — | #986 | — |
| 1962 | 144 | — | #875 | — |
| 1961 | 157 | — | #843 | — |
| 1960 | 137 | — | #900 | — |
| 1959 | 144 | — | #852 | — |
| 1958 | 120 | — | #943 | — |
| 1957 | 148 | — | #836 | — |
| 1956 | 163 | — | #767 | — |
| 1955 | 138 | — | #822 | — |
| 1954 | 133 | — | #816 | — |
| 1953 | 127 | — | #824 | — |
| 1952 | 135 | — | #767 | — |
| 1951 | 170 | — | #672 | — |
| 1950 | 138 | — | #729 | — |
| 1949 | 129 | — | #761 | — |
| 1948 | 152 | — | #675 | — |
| 1947 | 152 | — | #683 | — |
| 1946 | 149 | — | #649 | — |
| 1945 | 140 | — | #615 | — |
| 1944 | 163 | — | #574 | — |
| 1943 | 153 | — | #614 | — |
| 1942 | 194 | — | #534 | — |
| 1941 | 197 | — | #496 | — |
| 1940 | 167 | — | #530 | — |
| 1939 | 176 | — | #507 | — |
| 1938 | 225 | — | #447 | — |
| 1937 | 187 | — | #479 | — |
| 1936 | 198 | — | #454 | — |
| 1935 | 156 | — | #512 | — |
| 1934 | 217 | — | #440 | — |
| 1933 | 209 | — | #449 | — |
| 1932 | 224 | — | #444 | — |
| 1931 | 199 | — | #458 | — |
| 1930 | 243 | — | #426 | — |
| 1929 | 253 | — | #419 | — |
| 1928 | 271 | — | #413 | — |
| 1927 | 283 | — | #408 | — |
| 1926 | 306 | — | #394 | — |
| 1925 | 282 | — | #409 | — |
| 1924 | 301 | — | #396 | — |
| 1923 | 316 | — | #374 | — |
| 1922 | 304 | — | #375 | — |
| 1921 | 339 | — | #360 | — |
| 1920 | 309 | — | #376 | — |
| 1919 | 298 | — | #377 | — |
| 1918 | 319 | — | #362 | — |
| 1917 | 298 | — | #364 | — |
| 1916 | 316 | — | #348 | — |
| 1915 | 279 | — | #360 | — |
| 1914 | 229 | — | #347 | — |
| 1913 | 179 | — | #363 | — |
| 1912 | 168 | — | #354 | — |
| 1911 | 154 | — | #315 | — |
| 1910 | 129 | — | #352 | — |
| 1909 | 125 | — | #322 | — |
| 1908 | 137 | — | #304 | — |
| 1907 | 144 | — | #289 | — |
| 1906 | 137 | — | #284 | — |
| 1905 | 130 | — | #293 | — |
| 1904 | 133 | — | #274 | — |
| 1903 | 123 | — | #284 | — |
| 1902 | 126 | — | #279 | — |
| 1901 | 105 | — | #298 | — |
| 1900 | 154 | — | #264 | — |
| 1899 | 107 | — | #279 | — |
| 1898 | 133 | — | #261 | — |
| 1897 | 86 | — | #315 | — |
| 1896 | 121 | — | #259 | — |
| 1895 | 108 | — | #271 | — |
| 1894 | 127 | — | #239 | — |
| 1893 | 114 | — | #248 | — |
| 1892 | 109 | — | #254 | — |
| 1891 | 98 | — | #245 | — |
| 1890 | 104 | — | #240 | — |
| 1889 | 95 | — | #240 | — |
| 1888 | 124 | — | #202 | — |
| 1887 | 83 | — | #232 | — |
| 1886 | 85 | — | #216 | — |
| 1885 | 80 | — | #220 | — |
| 1884 | 63 | — | #242 | — |
| 1883 | 62 | — | #230 | — |
| 1882 | 70 | — | #200 | — |
| 1881 | 55 | — | #203 | — |
| 1880 | 64 | — | #192 | — |