Lily
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Lily
Lily is the most popular of the popular delicate century-old flower names now making a return, thanks to its many irresistible attributes: a cool elegance and a lovely sound, a symbol of purity and innocence, and a role in Christian imagery.
Lily's use as a given name was a direct influence of the flower. The floral name was derived from the Latin lilium, itself derived from the Greek leirion. Lily later became an adjective to describe whiteness and purity.
Lily is a favorite of celebrity parents, including Chris O'Donnell, Kate Beckinsale, Greg Kinnear, Fred Savage, and Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis (who made it a double bouquet, with Lily-Rose). The more proper Lillian is also rising in popularity, though Lily has long stood on its own.
There were about 6000 baby girls named Lily in the US last year, but there were over 6000 named Lily, nearly 4000 called Lillian (many of whom will be called some variation of Lily), another 3000 called Liliana, 1200 named Lilith, and 400 called Lillie. Counted all together, that's more babies named a form of Lily than are given Number 1 name Olivia.
Lily is an authors' favorite, some notable example being Lily Bart, the main character of Edith Wharton's House of Mirth, Lily Owens in The Secret Life of Bees and both mother and daughter of Harry Potter. Other current bearers are Lily Tomlin, singer Lily Allen, and actress Lily James. Two one-time starbaby Lilys are now celebrities on their own: Lily Collins, daughter of Phil, and Lily Rabe, daughter of Jill Clayburgh and David Rabe.
Lily is currently quite popular throughout the English-speaking world as well as in France, Denmark, the Netherlands, and other European countries. Other possible spellings are Lilly, Lili, and Lillie.
Lily is also given to boys.
Pronounced LIL-ee.
As of October 2026, Lily ranked #18 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #15 in 2011, Nameberry popularity #39.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #27 | 6,785 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #25 | 6,679 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #24 | 6,608 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #33 | 5,861 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #31 | 5,752 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #34 | 5,458 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #36 | 5,251 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #31 | 5,629 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #30 | 6,007 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #20 | 6,170 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #24 | 6,093 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #18 | 6,673 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Lily on lists
Famous Lilys
- Mary Jean "Lily" TomlinGirl
American actress and comedian
- Lily Jane CollinsGirl
British,American actress and model; daughter of singer Phil Collins
- Lily Maud AldridgeGirl
American supermodel
- Lily Rose Beatrice AllenGirl
English singer
- Lily Chloe Ninette Thomson "Lily James"Girl
English actress
- Lily Luahana ColeGirl
English model
- Lily May LovelessGirl
English actress
- Lily Monica DonaldsonGirl
English model
- Lily RabeGirl
American actress
- Susan Mary "Lily" YeatsGirl
Irish embroiderer
- Lily YehGirl
Chinese artist
- Lily Camille McMenamyGirl
English model and actress
- Lily OmundsonGirl
daughter of actor Timothy Omundson
- Lily Fraser (b. 1989)Girl
daughter of actors Hugh Fraser and Belinda Lang
- Lily Grace Atkinson (b. 1995)Girl
daughter of actor Rowan Atkinson
- LilyGirl
Mae Evans, English actress
- Lily Platt (b. 1995)Girl
daughter of actor Oliver Platt
- Lily Armstrong (b. 1996)Girl
daughter of actor Curtis Armstrong
- Lily "Remy" Weinstein (b. 1997)Girl
daughter of film producer Harvey Weinstein and Eve Chilton
- Lily Moore (b. 1998)Girl
daughter of guitarist Gary Moore
- Lily Anne O'Donnell (b. 1999)Girl
daughter of actor Chris O'Donnell
- LilyGirl
Rose Melody Depp (b. 1999), daughter of actor Johnny Depp and model Vanessa Paradis
- Lily Mo BeckinsaleGirl
Sheen (b. 1999), daughter of actors Kate Beckinsale and Michael Sheen
- Lily Cye Coleman (b. 2000)Girl
daughter of composer Cy Coleman
- Lily Pearl Black (b. 2001)Girl
daughter of singer Clint Black and actress Lisa Hartman Black
- LilyGirl
Rose Purcell (b. 2003), daughter of actor Dominic Purcell; twin brother Augustus
- Lily Dolores Harris (b. 2003)Girl
daughter of actors Ed Harris and Amy Madigan
- Lily Margaret Brant (b. 2004)Girl
daughter of model Stephanie Seymour and Peter Brant
- Lily Katherine Kinnear (b. 2004)Girl
daughter of actor Greg Kinnear
- LilyGirl
Rose Womack (b. 2005), daughter of actors Mark Womack and Samantha Janus
- LilyGirl
Rose Chabal (b. 2005), daughter of rugby player Sebastien Chabal
- Lily Aster Gottfried (b. 2007)Girl
daughter of American comedian Gilbert Gottfried
- Lily Aerin Savage (b. 2008)Girl
daughter of actor Fred Savage
- Lily Greenfield (b. 2009)Girl
daughter of actor Max Greenfield
- Lily Hannigan (b. 2010)Girl
daughter of actress Pia Miranda and singer Luke Hannigan of Lo,Tel
- Lily Bloom Iero (b. 2010)Girl
daughter of musician Frank Iero; twin of Cherry
- Lily Abigail Brandt (b. 2010)Girl
daughter of country music singer Paul Brandt
- Lily Bennington (b. 2011)Girl
daughter of singer Chester Bennington of Linkin Park and model Talinda Bennington; twin sister Lila
- Lily Rose Gagné (b. 2011)Girl
daughter of ice hockey player Simon Gagné
- Lily Tergesen (b. 2012)Girl
daughter of actor Lee Tergesen
- Lily Christina Lloyd (b. 2012)Girl
daughter of actor Gareth David,Lloyd
- Lily Georgina Walker (b. 2013)Girl
daughter of television personality Brooke Anderson
- Lily Forsberg (b. 2014)Girl
daughter of ice hockey player Peter Forsberg
- Lily Grace Victoria Rothschild (b. 2016)Girl
daughter of TV personality Nicky Hilton and James Rothschild
Lily in pop culture
- Lily BriscoeGirl
character in Virginia Woolf's 'To The Lighthouse'
- Lily Evans PotterGirl
mother of Harry Potter in the Harry Potter series
- Lily Luna PotterGirl
daughter of Harry Potter
- Lily MoonGirl
original name of Harry Potter character Luna Lovegood
- Lily ChenGirl
character in Cassandra Clare's "The Mortal Instruments"
- Lily MoscovitzGirl
character in The Princess Diaries
- Lily AldrinGirl
character on TV's "How I Met Your Mother"
- Lily Catherine Hue MagnumGirl
daughter of the title character in TV's "Magnum"
- Lily/Summer RobinsonGirl
character in "The Cellar" by Natasha Preston
- Lily SloaneGirl
character in movie "Star Trek: First Contact"
- Princess LilyGirl
character in "Princess of the Midnight Ball" by Jessica Day George
- Princess LilyGirl
character in "Entwined" by Heather Dixon
- LilyGirl
the white cat from Kiki's Delivery Service
- Lily BartGirl
main character in Edith Wharton's "The House of Mirth"
- Lily MunsterGirl
vampire character on TV's "The Munsters"
- Lily GoldenblattGirl
Charlotte's daughter on TV's "Sex and the City"
- Lily TuckerGirl
Pritchett, daughter of Cam and Mitch on TV's "Modern Family"
- Lillian "Lily" Celia BassGirl
Serena's mother on TV's "Gossip Girl"
- Lily ChandlyGirl
character in "The Basic Eight" by Daniel Handler
- Lily LusterGirl
character in 2012 film "Passion Play"
- Lillian "Lily" SalvatoreGirl
character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"
- LilyGirl
employee in the AT&T commercials
- LilyGirl
main character in 1982 film "Bayou Romance"
- Lillian "Lily" PrescottGirl
character on TV's "Hannah Montana" played by Emily Osment
- Lily Roe ScottGirl
daughter of Karen Roe and Keith Scott, sister to Lucas Scott on TV's "One Tree Hill"
- Lily BowenGirl
character in video game 'Fallout: New Vegas'
- Lily MercyGirl
character in movie "Montana Sky"
- Panther LilyGirl
character in manga/anime 'Fairy Tail'
- Lily Calloway HaleGirl
character in Krista and Becca Ritchie's Addicted Series
- Lily LoudGirl
a character from the Nickelodeon cartoon "The Loud House"
- LilyGirl
sister of Jonas in Lois Lowry's "The Giver"
- Lily SteinGirl
character in DC Universe
- Lily SummersGirl
character on TV's "Switched at Birth" played by Rachel Shenton
- Lily SaylorGirl
character in movie "I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House" played by Ruth Wilson
- LilyGirl
a Japanese Vocaloid.
- LilyGirl
a frog villager from “Animal Crossing”
- "Rose the Red and White Lily"Girl
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"