Lile

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lile: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lile: Recorded since 2005, it reached #298 in 2021, and it stood at #4,867 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#298highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2011–2025

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2011	#4764
2018	#5666
2021	#5581
2025	#4867

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 11 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

In 2021: #298 among girls in Northern Ireland, #5581 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2005–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #689 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2016–2022
Highest recorded position: #298 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 2016–2022).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #4867 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Lile appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 11 years beginning in 2005, and has registered 47 births with the name.

Lile across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lile's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#689 (2005)	#502 (2006)	#898 (2024)	11 of 20	47 (2005–2024)	6 (2006)
England and Wales · Girls	#4764 (2011)	#4764 (2011)	#4867 (2025)	4 of 15	14 (2011–2025)	4 (2011)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#440 (2016)	#298 (2021)	#418 (2022)	5 of 7	17 (2016–2022)	5 (2021)

Lile by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lile in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	17	4 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	27	6 of 10	5
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names Republic of Ireland has recorded the most births with →

Lile appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2005 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #298 in Northern Ireland in 2021.

Lile's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	England and Wales	female	#4867	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#397	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Lile is officially recorded

3 official registrars have recorded Lile, between 2005 and 2025, in 18 of those 21 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	2005–2024	11	#502 in 2006
England and Wales	2011–2025	4	#4764 in 2011
Northern Ireland	2016–2022	5	#298 in 2021

Its high point came 15 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (2006) than in Northern Ireland (2021).

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 2005 and 2025, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #298, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 2006.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 11 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,867position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
11 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 2006Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Austeja · #298, 21y
Azlan · #298, 21y
Caoilainn · #300, 21y
Rhianne · #301, 23y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Austeja · #298, 21y
Aylah · #298, 20y
Azlan · #298, 21y
Sage · #298, 25y

Lile was ranked #298 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Abby#298
Adeline#298
Aisling#298
Aiveen#298
Aida#350
Alara#350
Alaya#350
Alba#350

Lile and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,576 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lile without appearing here.

Lile moved ahead of

Susan
In 2014 they stood at #661 and #584 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #581 and #896.
Yvonne
In 2014 they stood at #747 and #747 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #581 and #896.
Deirdre
In 2013 they stood at #747 and #747 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #661 and #876.
Renee
In 2013 they stood at #747 and #747 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #661 and #876.

Moved ahead of Lile

Linda
In 2006 they stood at #502 and #764 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #705 and #286.
Florence
In 2007 they stood at #502 and #635 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #750 and #430.
Maddison
In 2007 they stood at #705 and #842 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #750 and #430.
Violet
In 2012 they stood at #677 and #768 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #747 and #491.

Moved the opposite way to Lile

Mabel
Between 2006 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lile went from #502 to #898 while Mabel went from #635 to #149.
Maddison
Between 2006 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lile went from #502 to #898 while Maddison went from #635 to #259.

What is known about Lile

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 3 official registrars, 2005–2025.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2005 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #298 in Northern Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Lile

Lile at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lile across 3 official records

Lile by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lile appears in

Popularity data

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Lile at a glance

Lile across 3 official records

Lile by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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