Lillie
Lillie is ranked 684th among girls in 2024 (416 births). Its best rank was 33rd, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- #684up 15 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4160.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 19193,262 births
- Best rank
- #33in 1881
- Since 1880
- 158,489people given the name
The story in the numbers
158,489 girls have been named Lillie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1919, with 3,262 births — 0.29% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 416 births in 2024, against 3,262 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1925, and the 1920s alone account for 19%. It has spent 122 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 48 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lillie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 9,467 | |
| 1890s | 14,093 | |
| 1900s | 15,391 | |
| 1910s | 24,651 | |
| 1920s | 29,382 | |
| 1930s | 19,923 | |
| 1940s | 15,358 | |
| 1950s | 9,622 | |
| 1960s | 3,873 | |
| 1970s | 1,404 | |
| 1980s | 1,004 | |
| 1990s | 1,615 | |
| 2000s | 5,247 | |
| 2010s | 5,503 | |
| 2020s | 1,956 |
In 1919, its biggest year
Lillie was the 81st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1919 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1919.
Names that rose and fell with Lillie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Olliepeak 1919
- Orapeak 1919
- Leliapeak 1919
- Ethapeak 1920
- Dolliepeak 1921
- Bertiepeak 1928
- Mattiepeak 1920
- Clarapeak 1918
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.