Lilie

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lilie: Recorded since 1996, it reached #937 in 2011, and it stood at #5,581 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#937highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#2738
1999	#2189
2000	#3912
2001	#2783
2002	#2868
2003	#3594
2004	#1383
2005	#3382
2006	#1862
2007	#1854
2008	#1914
2009	#2148
2010	#1472
2011	#1327
2012	#3681
2013	#2887
2014	#4684
2016	#5785
2021	#5581

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 England and Wales in 20 of the 26 years from 1996 to 2021.

In 2011: #937 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1327 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #5581 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Girls

Lilie by decade in England and Wales · 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 Lilie in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	3 of 10	5
2000s	87	10 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	64	6 of 10	11
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lilie appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #937 in Republic of Ireland in 2011.

Lilie'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
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1327	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1472	20	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified

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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2021, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #937, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 15 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.

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.

Liliane · #2346, 18y
Lilianna · #328, 26y
Lilien · #612, 15y
Lilith · #275, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Alika · #937, 18y
Eisha · #937, 21y
Ellianna · #937, 18y
Giuliana · #937, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alika · #937, 18y
Eisha · #937, 21y
Giuliana · #937, 20y
Samreen · #937, 27y

Lilie was ranked #937 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2011. 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.

Lilie 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lilie without appearing here.

Lilie moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3382 and #3382 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1862 and #4157.
Vicki Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3594 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1383 and #3197.
Jan Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3382 and #3382 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1862 and #3548.
Therese Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3382 and #2084 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1862 and #3548.

Moved ahead of Lilie

Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2887 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2120.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2887 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Finn Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2887 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3519.
Finley Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3681 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #2862.

Moved the opposite way to Lilie

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilie went from #3795 to #5581 while Ada went from #2683 to #44.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilie went from #3795 to #5581 while Alma went from #2096 to #267.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilie went from #3795 to #5581 while Alyssa went from #783 to #211.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilie went from #3795 to #5581 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1102.

Moved the same way as Lilie

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilie went from #3795 to #5581 and Abigail from #21 to #105.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilie went from #3795 to #5581 and Aimee from #70 to #1195.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilie went from #3795 to #5581 and Aisling from #440 to #1569.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilie went from #3795 to #5581 and Alex from #161 to #1866.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #937 in Republic of Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Lilie

Lilie at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lilie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Lilie at a glance

Lilie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Lilie

Lilie and the names beside it

Lilie moved ahead of

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