Girl's name
Lili
Say it LIL-ee
Basque origin 2 syllables
Where Lili is loved, common and rare
Loved in Hungary. Common in Slovenia. Rare in Poland, Israel, four German cities and nine more places.
1 in 3,518 girls born in England and Wales in 2025
Slovenia 22ndPoland 218thIsrael 259th
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Every place
In 17 of the 40 official lists, among them Slovenia (22nd), Poland (218th) and Israel (259th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 9th 2025 | 483 | rank only |
| Slovenia | 22nd 2025 | 76 | about 1 in 87 |
| Poland | 218th 2025 | 32 | 1 in 3,743 |
| Israel לילי | 259th 2024 | 62 | about 1 in 1,266 |
| Berlin city | 385th 2023 | 8 | about 1 in 1,813 |
| Cologne city | 419th 2023 | 2 | about 1 in 3,072 |
| Switzerland | 424th 2025 | 16 | 1 in 2,125 |
| Catalonia region | 463rd 2025 | 6 | 1 in 3,212 |
| Quebec province | 467th 2025 | 10 | about 1 in 2,600 |
| Austria | 474th 2025 | 10 | 1 in 3,572 |
| Scotland | 539th 2025 | 5 | 1 in 3,578 |
| England and Wales | 551st 2025 | 72 | 1 in 3,518 |
| France | 564th 2025 | 75 | 1 in 3,824 |
| The Netherlands | 907th 2025 | 11 | about 1 in 5,547 |
| Italy | 4773rd 2024 | 1 | 1 in 179,169 |
| Leipzig city | 344th 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 2,624 |
| Bonn city | 382nd 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 3,015 |
Rare, below the listed names: Northern Ireland, Ireland, Ontario, British Columbia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Munich, Rostock, Norway, Sweden and Spain.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Israel publishes names in Hebrew script. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Sources: Belügyminisztérium, Nyilvántartások (kormany.hu) (Hungary); Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (Israel); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn). How we count, and every source
About the name
Lili is a Basque word for 'flower', used as a name. It also sits naturally among the many lily names, such as Lily, Lilly and Liliana.
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Two syllables, said LIL-ee, with the stress on the first. Lilí is an accented spelling, and Lily, Lilly, Lilja, Lilia and Lilli are related or similar names.
Hungary is where it is most popular, as a top-10 name, and Slovenia also ranks it highly. It is used in Poland too, and in the English-speaking world in Quebec, Scotland, and England and Wales. French records show a peak around 2008, and it is rising in seven regions and falling in just two, so it continues to be a lively, current choice.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- LIL-ee, 2 syllables
- Origin
- Basque
Counted together here: Lilí.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 7 of 15 regions, falling in 2.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 645 | 637 | 587 | 590 | 559 | 674 | 541 | 496 | 497 | 551 |
| Scotland | 446 | 544 | 558 | 760 | 540 | 638 | 539 | |||
| Ireland | 868 | 873 | 896 | 551 | 856 | 736 | ||||
| Ontario | 1384 | |||||||||
| Quebec | 344 | 294 | 388 | 330 | 465 | 281 | 404 | 457 | 355 | 467 |
| France | 292 | 283 | 353 | 370 | 432 | 406 | 488 | 474 | 484 | 564 |
| The Netherlands | 1010 | 833 | 568 | 1027 | 648 | 868 | 907 | |||
| Austria | 321 | 312 | 354 | 311 | 319 | 399 | 366 | 364 | 383 | 474 |
| Switzerland | 539 | 515 | 925 | 652 | 496 | 587 | 818 | 357 | 560 | 424 |
| Berlin | 542 | 985 | 657 | 353 | 437 | 468 | 385 | |||
| Cologne | 345 | 918 | 273 | 251 | 223 | 420 | 419 | |||
| Rostock | 202 | 202 | 197 | 187 | ||||||
| Sweden | 874 | 925 | ||||||||
| Catalonia | 601 | 463 | ||||||||
| Poland | 222 | 222 | 234 | 232 | 201 | 190 | 218 | 166 | 192 | 218 |
| Hungary | 6 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 9 |
| Slovenia | 38 | 44 | 51 | 44 | 33 | 33 | 25 | 30 | 27 | 22 |
| Israel | 239 | 263 | 222 | 294 | 314 | 242 | 236 | 242 | 259 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 551 | 72 | 28.4 |
| 2024 | 497 | 79 | 30.6 |
| 2023 | 496 | 80 | 31.2 |
| 2022 | 541 | 72 | 27.3 |
| 2021 | 674 | 57 | 20.8 |
| 2020 | 559 | 70 | 26.1 |
| 2019 | 590 | 67 | 23.9 |
| 2018 | 587 | 70 | 24.3 |
| 2017 | 637 | 65 | 21.7 |
| 2016 | 645 | 65 | 21.2 |
| 2015 | 539 | 80 | 26.0 |
| 2014 | 508 | 83 | 27.1 |
| 2013 | 492 | 86 | 27.9 |
| 2012 | 522 | 81 | 25.2 |
| 2011 | 458 | 93 | 28.9 |
| 2010 | 538 | 74 | 23.1 |
| 2009 | 410 | 103 | 32.9 |
| 2008 | 427 | 99 | 31.4 |
| 2007 | 404 | 102 | 33.3 |
| 2006 | 419 | 100 | 33.4 |
| 2005 | 446 | 83 | 28.8 |
| 2004 | 351 | 109 | 38.1 |
| 2003 | 450 | 76 | 27.3 |
| 2002 | 413 | 79 | 29.5 |
| 2001 | 557 | 50 | 18.7 |
| 2000 | 478 | 62 | 22.7 |
| 1999 | 440 | 68 | 24.1 |
| 1998 | 530 | 51 | 17.6 |
| 1997 | 803 | 28 | 9.6 |
| 1996 | 974 | 21 | 7.1 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Lili in France since 1925 were born in or after 2009. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 2008, at 143.4 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Lili per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2008 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Lili
1 in 2,429 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Lili.
1 in 1,064 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Lili.
1 in 4,871 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Lili.
1 in 2,638 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Lili.
1 in 1,789 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Lili. Same first letter as Lili.
1 in 2,508 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Lili. Same first letter as Lili.
1 in 3,018 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Lili.
1 in 5,282 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Lili.
1 in 2,982 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Lili.
1 in 4,473 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Lili.
Middle names for Lili
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Lili Grace
2-1 beats · initials LG
Changes the beat after Lili: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Lili Olivia
2-4 beats · initials LO · Lili slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Lili: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Lili slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Lili Sophia
2-3 beats · initials LS
Changes the beat after Lili: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Lili Maria
2-3 beats · initials LM
Changes the beat after Lili: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Lili Rose
2-1 beats · initials LR
Changes the beat after Lili: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Lili Emily
2-3 beats · initials LE · Lili slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Lili: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Lili slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Lili Julia
2-3 beats · initials LJ
Changes the beat after Lili: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Lili Miriam
2-3 beats · initials LM
Changes the beat after Lili: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Lili
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 2,982 in Scotland
82% alike: moves with Lili across countries and decades.
1 in 28,142 in England and Wales
81% alike: moves with Lili across countries and decades.
1 in 960 in Ireland
80% alike: moves with Lili across countries and decades.
1 in 4,690 in England and Wales
80% alike: moves with Lili across countries and decades.
1 in 852 in Scotland
80% alike: moves with Lili across countries and decades.
1 in 5,282 in Ireland
79% alike: moves with Lili across countries and decades.
1 in 743 in England and Wales
79% alike: moves with Lili across countries and decades.
1 in 1,064 in England and Wales
79% alike: moves with Lili across countries and decades.
Famous people named Lili
Lili Reinhart, Lili Boulanger, Lili Taylor, Lili Kraus, Lili Simmons, Lili Bech and Lili Darvas.
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American actress (born 1996)
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French composer (1893–1918)
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American actress born 1967
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Hungarian born English classical pianist (1903–1986)
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American actress and model born 1993
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Actress (1885-1939)
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Hungarian actress (1902–1974)
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Lili
4 questions, on how popular she is, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Lili?
Her best rank is No. 9 in Hungary in 2025. She is in the published lists of 17 of our 40 regions.
How do you pronounce Lili?
LIL-ee, with 2 syllables.
Is Lili getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 7 of 15 regions, falling in 2.
Which sister names go with Lili?
The deck's top five sisters for Lili: Mina, Amina, Ines, Aylin and Lorena. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.