Iqra vs Lilly-Rose
Iqra and Lilly-Rosecompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2025, Iqra was ranked #281 and Lilly-Rose #1133 among girls in England and Wales.
Iqra and Lilly-Rose over time
Iqra and Lilly-Rose appear together in 1 published list, across 23 years of shared records. Iqra held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Lilly-Rose in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Iqra reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Lilly-Rose in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Iqra and Lilly-Rose changed places 4 times in England and Wales · Girls between 2003 and 2025, ending at #281 and #1133.
List by list
England and Wales · Girls23 shared years, 2003–2025
Iqra held the stronger position in 21 of those years, Lilly-Rose in 2.
Highest recorded here: Iqra #198 in 2003, Lilly-Rose #306 in 2013.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Iqra #281, Lilly-Rose #1133.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Iqra | Lilly-Rose |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 4 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, IE, NO | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Girls #281 (2025) | England and Wales · Girls #1133 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 64/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Iqra has 2 syllables, compared with 4 for Lilly-Rose.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, IE.
How each name got here
Iqra
Popularity journey
First recorded1988
First recorded at #522 among girls in Norway in 1988 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2025
Highest recorded position: #184 among girls in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1996–2025).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #281 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls
Lilly-Rose
Popularity journey
First recorded2003
First recorded at #3594 among girls in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2003–2025
Highest recorded position: #306 among girls in England and Wales, in 2013 (recorded 2003–2025).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #1133 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls