Lily is one of America's most popular girls' names, ranked #18 in 2025.
Lily is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #18 for girl births in the United States (and #54 across all names), given to 6,673 babies. Lily was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2011 (8,192 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,673 | 6,673 | #18 | — |
| 2024 | 6,121 | 6,126 | #24 | — |
| 2023 | 6,176 | 6,176 | #20 | — |
| 2022 | 6,012 | 6,012 | #30 | — |
| 2021 | 5,632 | 5,632 | #31 | — |
| 2020 | 5,263 | 5,263 | #35 | #13,293 |
| 2019 | 5,461 | 5,461 | #34 | — |
| 2018 | 5,753 | 5,753 | #31 | — |
| 2017 | 5,862 | 5,862 | #33 | — |
| 2016 | 6,610 | 6,610 | #24 | — |
| 2015 | 6,690 | 6,695 | #25 | #10,205 |
| 2014 | 6,796 | 6,796 | #27 | #10,305 |
| 2013 | 7,009 | 7,009 | #27 | #13,287 |
| 2012 | 7,982 | 7,982 | #16 | #6,875 |
| 2011 | 8,199 | 8,199 | #15 | #10,325 |
| 2010 | 8,001 | 8,001 | #17 | #8,528 |
| 2009 | 8,109 | 8,119 | #18 | #9,536 |
| 2008 | 8,137 | 8,142 | #24 | #8,732 |
| 2007 | 7,508 | 7,508 | #27 | #8,645 |
| 2006 | 6,775 | 6,775 | #33 | #10,222 |
| 2005 | 6,107 | 6,107 | #39 | #4,949 |
| 2004 | 5,423 | 5,423 | #53 | #4,204 |
| 2003 | 4,440 | 4,440 | #69 | #10,355 |
| 2002 | 3,834 | 3,834 | #79 | — |
| 2001 | 3,197 | 3,197 | #103 | — |
| 2000 | 2,733 | 2,733 | #124 | — |
| 1999 | 2,123 | 2,123 | #152 | — |
| 1998 | 1,752 | 1,752 | #169 | — |
| 1997 | 1,355 | — | #220 | — |
| 1996 | 1,091 | — | #261 | — |
| 1995 | 853 | — | #320 | — |
| 1994 | 648 | — | #391 | — |
| 1993 | 557 | — | #450 | — |
| 1992 | 523 | — | #473 | — |
| 1991 | 474 | — | #501 | — |
| 1990 | 396 | — | #584 | — |
| 1989 | 423 | — | #545 | #7,533 |
| 1988 | 400 | — | #546 | — |
| 1987 | 309 | — | #623 | — |
| 1986 | 292 | — | #634 | — |
| 1985 | 243 | — | #711 | — |
| 1984 | 223 | — | #733 | — |
| 1983 | 206 | — | #778 | — |
| 1982 | 208 | — | #784 | — |
| 1981 | 223 | — | #742 | — |
| 1980 | 187 | — | #836 | — |
| 1979 | 150 | — | #965 | — |
| 1978 | 111 | — | #1,151 | — |
| 1977 | 107 | — | #1,164 | — |
| 1976 | 133 | — | #960 | — |
| 1975 | 122 | — | #1,002 | — |
| 1974 | 107 | — | #1,091 | — |
| 1973 | 102 | — | #1,108 | — |
| 1972 | 139 | — | #902 | — |
| 1971 | 124 | — | #1,006 | — |
| 1970 | 125 | — | #1,002 | — |
| 1969 | 116 | — | #1,005 | — |
| 1968 | 99 | — | #1,063 | — |
| 1967 | 96 | — | #1,063 | — |
| 1966 | 112 | — | #963 | — |
| 1965 | 94 | — | #1,081 | — |
| 1964 | 133 | — | #906 | — |
| 1963 | 123 | — | #955 | — |
| 1962 | 120 | — | #976 | — |
| 1961 | 128 | — | #956 | — |
| 1960 | 127 | — | #948 | — |
| 1959 | 127 | — | #931 | — |
| 1958 | 149 | — | #835 | — |
| 1957 | 149 | — | #833 | — |
| 1956 | 159 | — | #784 | — |
| 1955 | 165 | — | #740 | — |
| 1954 | 144 | — | #781 | — |
| 1953 | 130 | — | #806 | — |
| 1952 | 133 | — | #778 | — |
| 1951 | 135 | — | #758 | — |
| 1950 | 135 | — | #741 | — |
| 1949 | 131 | — | #749 | — |
| 1948 | 139 | — | #713 | — |
| 1947 | 138 | — | #729 | — |
| 1946 | 122 | — | #737 | — |
| 1945 | 142 | — | #606 | — |
| 1944 | 154 | — | #593 | — |
| 1943 | 160 | — | #596 | — |
| 1942 | 173 | — | #562 | — |
| 1941 | 166 | — | #547 | — |
| 1940 | 186 | — | #509 | — |
| 1939 | 168 | — | #518 | — |
| 1938 | 195 | — | #475 | — |
| 1937 | 178 | — | #492 | — |
| 1936 | 202 | — | #449 | — |
| 1935 | 210 | — | #447 | — |
| 1934 | 221 | — | #442 | #3,983 |
| 1933 | 242 | — | #412 | — |
| 1932 | 245 | — | #420 | — |
| 1931 | 268 | — | #399 | — |
| 1930 | 305 | — | #389 | — |
| 1929 | 302 | — | #387 | — |
| 1928 | 345 | — | #370 | — |
| 1927 | 371 | — | #355 | #4,536 |
| 1926 | 344 | — | #362 | — |
| 1925 | 362 | — | #360 | — |
| 1924 | 409 | — | #332 | — |
| 1923 | 418 | — | #317 | — |
| 1922 | 418 | — | #317 | — |
| 1921 | 407 | — | #326 | — |
| 1920 | 386 | — | #331 | — |
| 1919 | 368 | — | #332 | — |
| 1918 | 388 | — | #326 | — |
| 1917 | 330 | — | #347 | — |
| 1916 | 373 | — | #312 | — |
| 1915 | 343 | — | #321 | — |
| 1914 | 252 | — | #331 | — |
| 1913 | 212 | — | #330 | — |
| 1912 | 245 | — | #291 | — |
| 1911 | 130 | — | #351 | — |
| 1910 | 154 | — | #310 | — |
| 1909 | 109 | — | #344 | — |
| 1908 | 102 | — | #357 | — |
| 1907 | 104 | — | #342 | — |
| 1906 | 82 | — | #378 | — |
| 1905 | 134 | — | #287 | — |
| 1904 | 105 | — | #317 | — |
| 1903 | 95 | — | #319 | — |
| 1902 | 99 | — | #316 | — |
| 1901 | 89 | — | #319 | — |
| 1900 | 126 | — | #292 | — |
| 1899 | 115 | — | #267 | — |
| 1898 | 92 | — | #326 | — |
| 1897 | 113 | — | #269 | — |
| 1896 | 100 | — | #292 | — |
| 1895 | 101 | — | #280 | — |
| 1894 | 108 | — | #265 | — |
| 1893 | 83 | — | #296 | — |
| 1892 | 98 | — | #268 | — |
| 1891 | 73 | — | #294 | — |
| 1890 | 96 | — | #255 | — |
| 1889 | 84 | — | #257 | — |
| 1888 | 102 | — | #229 | — |
| 1887 | 59 | — | #275 | — |
| 1886 | 75 | — | #239 | — |
| 1885 | 88 | — | #201 | — |
| 1884 | 60 | — | #252 | — |
| 1883 | 62 | — | #231 | — |
| 1882 | 63 | — | #215 | — |
| 1881 | 46 | — | #231 | — |
| 1880 | 41 | — | #241 | — |