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Lillie

Girls' name · Early 20th-century

Living in the US
~44,300 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#675 among girls
Births in 2025
420 159,791 since 1880
Typical age
68 years, median

Lillie popularity over time

Lillie rank by birth year, 1880–2025Lillie ranked #34 in 1880 and #675 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #33, in 1881.#100#1,000#675best #33 in 188118901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1919 is the peak year for Lillie, with 3,277 births. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Across the record, 48 years put Lillie in the top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #675 with 420 births. The ten-year change is -21%.

Babies named Lillie per yearPeaks at 3,277 births in 1919.3,277 in 1919018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Lillie?

About 44,300 people named Lillie are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 159,791 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Lillie?

The typical living Lillie is 68 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 1940s. By the site’s era rules that makes Lillie a early 20th-century name.

Your Lillie

Ages of living people named LillieHalf of living Lillies are older than 68 and half younger.median 68020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Lillie is most common

Mississippi uses the name 3.4× as often as the country as a whole. Kentucky, Alabama and Arkansas follow.

Where Lillie is used more than average5 states use the name Lillie more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: 3.0× the national rateKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: 2.8× the national rateARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: 2.6× the national rateLAMississippi: 3.4× the national rateMSAlabama: 2.9× the national rateALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Lillie is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Mississippi 91 3.4×
Kentucky 140 3.0×
Alabama 147 2.9×
Arkansas 82 2.8×
Louisiana 130 2.6×

Lillie in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Lillie ranked #227 in 2025 on 205 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Notable people named Lillie

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Lillie Langtry British actress 1853–1929 23
Lillie Leatherwood athletics competitor 1964 18
Lillie Devereux Blake American activist, reformer, writer 1833–1913 8
Photo credits (2)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

How Lillie is usually spelled

Spellings within one or two letters of each other, and how 2025 births divided between them.
SpellingBirths in 2025Share
Lily 6,673 94%
Lillie this page 420 6%

Names similar to Lillie

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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