Girl's name
Lilly
Say it LIL-ee
English origin from Lily, lily (flower)
2 syllables
Where Lilly is loved, common and rare
Common across six German cities, Sweden, Norway and five more places. Rare in Switzerland, England and Wales, Ireland and seven more places.
1 in 358 girls born in Scotland in 2025
Cologne 22ndMunich 25thSweden 27th
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Every place
In 23 of the 40 official lists, among them Cologne (22nd), Munich (25th) and Sweden (27th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cologne city | 22nd 2023 | 32 | about 1 in 192 |
| Munich city | 25th 2025 | 40 | about 1 in 105 |
| Sweden | 27th 2025 | 276 | about 1 in 146 |
| Norway | 38th 2025 | 145 | 1 in 150 |
| Berlin city | 40th 2023 | 65 | about 1 in 223 |
| Austria | 63rd 2025 | 123 | 1 in 290 |
| Scotland | 83rd 2025 | 50 | 1 in 358 |
| South Australia state | 87th 2025 | 18 | rank only |
| Queensland state | 88th 2025 | 55 | rank only |
| The Netherlands | 97th 2025 | 147 | about 1 in 415 |
| Switzerland | 115th 2025 | 61 | 1 in 557 |
| England and Wales | 129th 2025 | 382 | 1 in 663 |
| Ireland | 141st 2025 | 32 | 1 in 660 |
| Northern Ireland | 177th 2025 | 10 | 1 in 729 |
| Poland | 235th 2025 | 26 | 1 in 4,607 |
| British Columbia province | 240th 2023 | 13 | about 1 in 920 |
| Ontario province | 280th 2024 | 45 | about 1 in 1,210 |
| Quebec province | 500th 2025 | 9 | about 1 in 2,889 |
| France | 760th 2025 | 50 | 1 in 5,736 |
| Italy | 1219th 2024 | 7 | 1 in 25,596 |
| Bonn city | 31st 2025 | 15 | about 1 in 201 |
| Leipzig city | 34th 2025 | 12 | about 1 in 219 |
| Rostock city | 46th 2025 | 4 | about 1 in 246 |
Rare, below the listed names: New South Wales, Victoria, New Zealand, Spain, Catalonia, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.
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.
Sources: Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); SA Attorney-General's Department, Births, Deaths and Marriages (data.sa.gov.au) (South Australia); Queensland Registry of BDM (Qld Open Data Portal) (Queensland); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock). How we count, and every source
About the name
Lilly is a spelling of Lily, and it carries the same meaning, the lily flower.
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Two syllables, LIL-ee. Lily, Lillie, Lili and Lilli are the main alternative spellings, Lil is the shortest form, and Lila, Lilia and Lilja are related names.
Lilly is especially popular in Sweden, Norway and Austria, while in Scotland, South Australia and Queensland it ranks lower, as the Lily spelling is usually preferred there. The French records place its peak in 2011, and its trend today is evenly balanced between rises and falls. The doubled l gives it a slightly different look while keeping the same sound.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- LIL-ee, 2 syllables
- Meaning
- from Lily,
lily (flower)
- Origin
- English
- Other spellings
- Lily
- Lili
- Lilli
- Lillie
- Lilja
- Lila
- Lilia
- Lil
- Lill
- Lillia
- Liliya
- Lille
Counted together here: Lillý.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 6 of 22 regions, falling in 7.
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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 | 60 | 64 | 67 | 86 | 91 | 96 | 92 | 110 | 130 | 129 |
| Scotland | 47 | 50 | 61 | 84 | 69 | 96 | 92 | 109 | 138 | 83 |
| Northern Ireland | 118 | 110 | 179 | 167 | 119 | 143 | 201 | 151 | 227 | 177 |
| Ireland | 84 | 95 | 85 | 105 | 101 | 160 | 134 | 108 | 123 | 141 |
| Ontario | 167 | 189 | 197 | 201 | 315 | 222 | 317 | 229 | 280 | |
| British Columbia | 155 | 243 | 370 | 305 | 197 | 250 | 213 | 240 | ||
| New South Wales | 95 | 88 | ||||||||
| Victoria | 84 | |||||||||
| Queensland | 53 | 67 | 68 | 54 | 87 | 87 | 74 | 88 | 92 | 88 |
| South Australia | 64 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 69 | 86 | 90 | 87 | ||
| New Zealand | 48 | 63 | 65 | 84 | 96 | 95 | 95 | |||
| Quebec | 730 | 707 | 730 | 646 | 575 | 534 | 499 | 787 | 500 | |
| France | 361 | 433 | 466 | 478 | 530 | 623 | 614 | 648 | 831 | 760 |
| The Netherlands | 154 | 143 | 122 | 141 | 180 | 140 | 123 | 118 | 97 | |
| Austria | 76 | 76 | 82 | 74 | 81 | 71 | 65 | 68 | 76 | 63 |
| Switzerland | 134 | 110 | 108 | 148 | 140 | 134 | 125 | 142 | 128 | 115 |
| Berlin | 44 | 53 | 42 | 54 | 48 | 37 | 38 | 40 | ||
| Munich | 61 | 60 | 69 | 82 | 74 | 66 | 67 | 76 | 35 | 25 |
| Cologne | 100 | 79 | 67 | 35 | 50 | 40 | 26 | 22 | ||
| Bonn | 107 | 83 | 51 | 69 | 45 | 54 | 18 | 48 | 28 | 31 |
| Leipzig | 66 | 39 | 41 | 31 | 41 | 43 | 31 | 19 | 43 | 34 |
| Rostock | 75 | 42 | 43 | 67 | 33 | 25 | 122 | 16 | 25 | 46 |
| Norway | 30 | 33 | 31 | 37 | 48 | 47 | 42 | 42 | 31 | 38 |
| Sweden | 24 | 26 | 24 | 29 | 24 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 23 | 27 |
| Italy | 889 | 2982 | 1219 | |||||||
| Poland | 163 | 170 | 188 | 214 | 234 | 204 | 215 | 182 | 203 | 235 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 | 382 | 150.8 |
| 2024 | 130 | 375 | 145.4 |
| 2023 | 110 | 439 | 171.1 |
| 2022 | 92 | 538 | 204.2 |
| 2021 | 96 | 551 | 201.1 |
| 2020 | 91 | 565 | 210.5 |
| 2019 | 86 | 625 | 223.2 |
| 2018 | 67 | 785 | 272.3 |
| 2017 | 64 | 884 | 295.6 |
| 2016 | 60 | 1,018 | 331.4 |
| 2015 | 50 | 1,146 | 372.2 |
| 2014 | 40 | 1,358 | 442.8 |
| 2013 | 37 | 1,386 | 449.3 |
| 2012 | 33 | 1,536 | 476.9 |
| 2011 | 27 | 1,960 | 610.0 |
| 2010 | 39 | 1,516 | 472.2 |
| 2009 | 45 | 1,343 | 428.6 |
| 2008 | 48 | 1,268 | 401.6 |
| 2007 | 54 | 1,178 | 384.8 |
| 2006 | 71 | 846 | 282.7 |
| 2005 | 74 | 709 | 246.0 |
| 2004 | 100 | 526 | 184.0 |
| 2003 | 169 | 291 | 104.4 |
| 2002 | 186 | 228 | 85.3 |
| 2001 | 267 | 145 | 54.1 |
| 2000 | 310 | 112 | 41.0 |
| 1999 | 286 | 124 | 44.0 |
| 1998 | 339 | 100 | 34.6 |
| 1997 | 418 | 73 | 24.9 |
| 1996 | 375 | 89 | 30.1 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Lilly in France since 1925 were born in or after 2010. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 2011, at 114.5 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Lilly per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2011 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 Lilly
1 in 942 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Lilly.
1 in 166 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Lilly.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Lilly.
1 in 124 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Lilly.
1 in 141 in Scotland
1 in 109 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Lilly.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
1 in 347 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Lilly.
1 in 557 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Lilly.
1 in 347 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Lilly.
Middle names for Lilly
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Lilly Grace
2-1 beats · initials LG
Changes the beat after Lilly: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Lilly Olivia
2-4 beats · initials LO · Lilly slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Lilly: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Lilly slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Lilly Sophia
2-3 beats · initials LS
Changes the beat after Lilly: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Lilly Maria
2-3 beats · initials LM
Changes the beat after Lilly: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Lilly Rose
2-1 beats · initials LR
Changes the beat after Lilly: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Lilly Julia
2-3 beats · initials LJ
Changes the beat after Lilly: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Lilly Miriam
2-3 beats · initials LM
Changes the beat after Lilly: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Lilly Charlotte
2-2 beats · initials LC
A close match on style, era and popularity. Same length as Lilly: 2 syllables.
Same style as Lilly
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 109 in Ireland
94% alike: moves with Lilly across countries and decades.
1 in 436 in Scotland
94% alike: moves with Lilly across countries and decades.
1 in 70 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Lilly across countries and decades.
1 in 175 in England and Wales
93% alike: moves with Lilly across countries and decades.
1 in 126 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Lilly across countries and decades.
1 in 118 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Lilly across countries and decades.
1 in 347 in Northern Ireland
93% alike: moves with Lilly across countries and decades.
1 in 166 in England and Wales
92% alike: moves with Lilly across countries and decades.
Famous people named Lilly
Lilly Singh, Lilly Reich, Lilly Platt, Lilly Scholz and Lilly Steinschneider.
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Canadian YouTube personality, vlogger and comedian born 1988
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German designer (1885–1947)
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British environmentalist born 2008
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Figure skater (1903–1994)
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Austro-Hungarian aviator 1891 to 1975
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Lilly
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Lilly?
Her best rank is No. 27 in Sweden in 2025, about 1 in 146 girls. She is in the published lists of 23 of our 40 regions.
What does Lilly mean?
Lilly takes her meaning from Lily: "lily (flower)", per Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Lilly?
LIL-ee, with 2 syllables.
Is Lilly getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 6 of 22 regions, falling in 7.
Which sister names go with Lilly?
The deck's top five sisters for Lilly: Savannah, Sienna, Ruby, Ivy and Aria. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.