Lilly
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Lilly
Lilly may contain one L too many for some people, though this secondary spelling of a name that's become wildly popular is still a popular choice. And the Lilly spelling does feel a bit less wispy, a bit more like a name as opposed to a mere flower, than the slender and delicate Lily. Lilly suggests the long-form Lillian, but it doesn't need to be an abbreviation for anything; Lilly can stand on its own.
However, if you love the flower name but want to make it a little different, you've got to move far beyond Lilly — or Lillian, Liliane, and sisters. You might consider Susannah, which means lily, or a less expected bloom like Azalea or Lotus.
Lilly is also given to boys.
Pronounced LIL-ee.
As of October 2026, Lilly ranked #13785 in US births in 2008 SSA, peaked at #7928 in 2004.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #124 | 2,581 | 1,444.8 |
| 2015 | #139 | 2,323 | 1,301.3 |
| 2016 | #143 | 2,167 | 1,222.9 |
| 2017 | #152 | 1,931 | 1,118.5 |
| 2018 | #160 | 1,785 | 1,049.3 |
| 2019 | #190 | 1,550 | 923.5 |
| 2020 | #229 | 1,288 | 796.8 |
| 2021 | #219 | 1,353 | 824.6 |
| 2022 | #232 | 1,310 | 798.7 |
| 2023 | #257 | 1,200 | 747.9 |
| 2024 | #259 | 1,217 | 751.1 |
| 2025 | #252 | 1,218 | 757.8 |
World rankings
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Lilly on lists
Famous Lillys
- Lillian Lee "Lilly" (McKim) PulitzerGirl
American fashion designer and socialite
- Lilly LedbetterGirl
American women's fair pay activist
- Lilly SinghGirl
Canadian YouTuber
- Lilly ScholzGirl
Austrian pair skater
- Lilly KingGirl
American swimmer
- Lilly WinwoodGirl
English singer; daughter of musician Steve Winwood
- Lilly McDowellGirl
daughter of actors Mary Steenburgen and Malcolm McDowell
Lilly in pop culture
- Lilly RushGirl
main character on the TV series "Cold Case"
- Lillian "Lilly" TruscottGirl
character on TV's "Hannah Montana"
- Lilly MoscovitzGirl
character in the Princess Diaries series
- Lillian "Lilly" KaneGirl
character in TV's "Veronica Mars"
- Lilly GilkesonGirl
character in film "The Missing"
- Lilly BerryGirl
a character in "Hotel New Hampshire" by John Irving
- Lilly MattockGirl
character on British soap "EastEnders"
- "Lilly TurnerGirl
" 1933 film and its main character
- Liliana "Lilly" MendozaGirl
character in the Young Adult book, "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe", by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- Lilly SatouGirl
character in the visual novel "Katawa Shoujo"
- Lilly SchumacherGirl
White House Social Secretary & suspect in Netflix’s The Residence