Lillie

What Lillie means

Short form of Lillian, possibly meaning “lily”

pet form of Lillian || Used since the sixteenth century, possibly originally a pet form of Elizabeth, but generally accepted as a variant of Late Latin lilium (“lily”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Lillie” (revision 82027048) and “Lillian” (revision 93672150), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Lillie?

US: Falling: down from #576 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #150 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1882, when 810 girls got the name (#36 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 3,827 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,236 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 639 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SC (1.15 per 1,000 girls), KY (0.99 per 1,000 girls), AL (0.82 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Lillie is #675 in the US and #227 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Lillie were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Lilia315 US · 85 E&W
• Lillia55 US · 32 E&W
• Lilie12 US
• Lilliah6 US · 3 E&W
• Laylie7 US
• Lollie0 US · 5 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Lillie

Girls

• Lillian#57possibly “lily”^*
• Sophia#5“wisdom”^*
• Addison#84Form of Adam, meaning “earth, man, soil, light brown”^*
• Chloe#23“young green shoot”^*
• Ella#29Short form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*
• Ava#11Editor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records

For a brother

• Jayden#70Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025
• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Brayden#229Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”^*
• Jeremiah#88“Yahweh exalt”^*
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Carson#124“rock”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Lillie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.