Lilien

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lilien: Recorded since 2009, its highest recorded position is #612, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#612highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2009–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2009	#5556
2010	#2589
2011	#5785
2012	#2717
2013	#3536
2014	#4684
2015	#2328
2016	#2233
2017	#2341
2018	#3518
2019	#2286
2020	#3117
2021	#3961
2022	#2888
2024	#3695

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 15 of the 16 years from 2009 to 2024.

In 2018: #734 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3518 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2009–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2009
First recorded at #5556 among girls in England and Wales in 2009 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2011–2018
Highest recorded position: #612 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2011 (recorded 2011–2018).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lilien appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 15 years beginning in 2009, and has registered 111 births with the name.

Lilien across 2 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.

Lilien'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
England and Wales · Girls	#5556 (2009)	#2233 (2016)	#3695 (2024)	15 of 16	111 (2009–2024)	12 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#612 (2011)	#612 (2011)	#734 (2018)	3 of 8	13 (2011–2018)	6 (2011)

Lilien 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 Lilien in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	82	10 of 10	8
2020s	26	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Lilien 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 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #612 in Republic of Ireland in 2011.

Lilien'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	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 2009 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #612, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 2 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.

Lilianna · #328, 26y
Lilie · #937, 20y
Lilith · #275, 30y
Liliwen · #2178, 11y

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.

Darija · #612, 10y
Brayan · #611, 19y
Krishiv · #613, 20y
Simonas · #611, 12y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Darija · #612, 10y
Brayan · #611, 19y
Krishiv · #613, 20y
Simonas · #611, 12y

Lilien was ranked #612 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.

Lilien 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 Lilien without appearing here.

Lilien moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2233 and #5785.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3518 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3518 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #5591.
Josefine Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5556 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Lilien

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #1436.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #1939.
Noah Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2869 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #2615.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #2843.

Moved the opposite way to Lilien

Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilien went from #2589 to #3695 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #612 in Republic of Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lilien

Lilien at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lilien across 2 official records

Lilien by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lilien appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Lilien

Lilien and the names beside it

Lilien moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lilien

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Lilien at a glance

Lilien across 2 official records

Lilien by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lilien appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Lilien

Lilien and the names beside it

Lilien moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lilien

Moved the opposite way to Lilien