How Many People Are Named Lily?
people named Lily are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,938 people in the US has this name
Based on 189,789 babies named Lily in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
8,199 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of the flower, a symbol of purity. The word is ultimately derived from Latin lilium.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Lily in English. Counting Lily and these spellings together, about 273,789 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Lily (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lily alive today is about 15 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lily first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2011, to 8,199 babies. In 2025, 6,673 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lily never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #15, in 2011, and it was in the top 100 for 24 years, 2002 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #18.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #18 |
| Best rank | #15 (2011) |
| Years in the top 100 | 24 (2002 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #22 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lily alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lily were born in California than in any other state: about 20,119 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lily was given 3.1 times as often in Hawaii, 2.4 times in Vermont and 1.9 times in Maine.
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