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Lilly

femaleStatistical record

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

No researched meaning or origin yet — what that means.

Pronunciation

Community-contributed pronunciation recording

A German pronunciation, as its file is labelled. Recording by Katharina Liebert. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

VerifiedSource: Wikidata.Confidence: medium.

Lilly: Recorded since 1945, it reached #27 in 2011, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

England and Wales · Girls rank from 1996 to 2025, ranging from #27 to #418.200020052010201520202025#27#418
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • 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.
View as table
England and Wales · Girls rank by year
YearRank
1996#375
1997#418
1998#339
1999#286
2000#310
2001#267
2002#186
2003#169
2004#100
2005#74
2006#71
2007#54
2008#48
2009#45
2010#39
2011#27
2012#33
2013#37
2014#40
2015#50
2016#60
2017#64
2018#67
2019#86
2020#91
2021#96
2022#92
2023#110
2024#130
2025#129

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 Norway in 79 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #38 among girls in Norway, #129 among girls in England and Wales, #141 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

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

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1945

    First recorded at #150 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Norway · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1996–2025

    Highest recorded position: #27 among girls in England and Wales, in 2011 (recorded 1996–2025).

    England and Wales · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #129 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Girls

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #27 in England and Wales in 2011.

Lilly'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.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesfemale#129382HighVerified
2024England and Walesfemale#130375HighVerified
2023England and Walesfemale#110439HighVerified
2022England and Walesfemale#92538HighVerified
2021England and Walesfemale#96551HighVerified
2020England and Walesfemale#91565HighVerified
2019England and Walesfemale#86625HighVerified
2018England and Walesfemale#67785HighVerified
2017England and Walesfemale#64884HighVerified
2016England and Walesfemale#601,014HighVerified
2015England and Walesfemale#501,146HighVerified
2014England and Walesfemale#401,352HighVerified
2013England and Walesfemale#371,386HighVerified
2012England and Walesfemale#331,536HighVerified
2011England and Walesfemale#271,950HighVerified
2010England and Walesfemale#391,512HighVerified
2009England and Walesfemale#451,343HighVerified
2008England and Walesfemale#481,268HighVerified
2007England and Walesfemale#541,171HighVerified
2006England and Walesfemale#71842HighVerified
2005England and Walesfemale#74703HighVerified
2004England and Walesfemale#100521HighVerified
2003England and Walesfemale#169291HighVerified
2002England and Walesfemale#186228HighVerified
2001England and Walesfemale#267145HighVerified
2000England and Walesfemale#310112HighVerified
1999England and Walesfemale#286124HighVerified
1998England and Walesfemale#339100HighVerified
1997England and Walesfemale#41873HighVerified
1996England and Walesfemale#37589HighVerified
2017New South Wales, Australiafemale#8981InsufficientNot yet available
2016New South Wales, Australiafemale#9576InsufficientNot yet available
2015New South Wales, Australiafemale#7794InsufficientNot yet available
2014New South Wales, Australiafemale#68105InsufficientNot yet available
2013New South Wales, Australiafemale#59115InsufficientNot yet available
2012New South Wales, Australiafemale#47143InsufficientNot yet available
2011New South Wales, Australiafemale#40164InsufficientNot yet available
2010New South Wales, Australiafemale#35176InsufficientNot yet available
2009New South Wales, Australiafemale#35171InsufficientNot yet available
2008New South Wales, Australiafemale#36152InsufficientNot yet available
2007New South Wales, Australiafemale#37159InsufficientNot yet available
2006New South Wales, Australiafemale#50130InsufficientNot yet available
2005New South Wales, Australiafemale#64110InsufficientNot yet available
2004New South Wales, Australiafemale#8685InsufficientNot yet available
2003New South Wales, Australiafemale#9382InsufficientNot yet available
2022New Zealandfemale#9743HighVerified
2021New Zealandfemale#9744HighVerified
2020New Zealandfemale#9841HighVerified
2019New Zealandfemale#8447HighVerified
2018New Zealandfemale#6558HighVerified
2017New Zealandfemale#6361HighVerified
2016New Zealandfemale#4876HighVerified
2015New Zealandfemale#7064HighVerified
2014New Zealandfemale#6255HighVerified
2013New Zealandfemale#4973HighVerified
2012New Zealandfemale#5667HighVerified
2011New Zealandfemale#3984HighVerified
2010New Zealandfemale#6068HighVerified
2009New Zealandfemale#7057HighVerified
2008New Zealandfemale#7854HighVerified
2007New Zealandfemale#6859HighVerified
2006New Zealandfemale#7753HighVerified
2005New Zealandfemale#8942HighVerified
2024Northern Irelandfemale#2277HighVerified
2023Northern Irelandfemale#15113HighVerified
2022Northern Irelandfemale#2019HighVerified
2021Northern Irelandfemale#14316HighVerified
2020Northern Irelandfemale#11917HighVerified
2019Northern Irelandfemale#16712HighVerified
2018Northern Irelandfemale#17911HighVerified
2017Northern Irelandfemale#11021HighVerified
2016Northern Irelandfemale#11821HighVerified
2015Northern Irelandfemale#12918HighVerified
2014Northern Irelandfemale#11921HighVerified
2013Northern Irelandfemale#14114HighVerified
2012Northern Irelandfemale#10623HighVerified
2011Northern Irelandfemale#10623HighVerified
2010Northern Irelandfemale#12020HighVerified
2009Northern Irelandfemale#2248HighVerified
2008Northern Irelandfemale#17112HighVerified
2007Northern Irelandfemale#2457HighVerified
2006Northern Irelandfemale#2656HighVerified
2005Northern Irelandfemale#3184HighVerified
2025Norwayfemale#38145HighVerified
2024Norwayfemale#31163HighVerified
2023Norwayfemale#43130HighVerified
2022Norwayfemale#42137HighVerified
2021Norwayfemale#47120HighVerified
2020Norwayfemale#48119HighVerified
2019Norwayfemale#37155HighVerified
2018Norwayfemale#31163HighVerified
2017Norwayfemale#33166HighVerified
2016Norwayfemale#30186HighVerified
2015Norwayfemale#30180HighVerified
2014Norwayfemale#35169HighVerified
2013Norwayfemale#35156HighVerified
2012Norwayfemale#36171HighVerified
2011Norwayfemale#54121HighVerified
2010Norwayfemale#60113HighVerified
2009Norwayfemale#7295HighVerified
2008Norwayfemale#9375HighVerified
2007Norwayfemale#11558HighVerified
2006Norwayfemale#15143HighVerified
2005Norwayfemale#22125HighVerified
2004Norwayfemale#15936HighVerified
2003Norwayfemale#24520HighVerified
2002Norwayfemale#27316HighVerified
2001Norwayfemale#24918HighVerified
2000Norwayfemale#33312HighVerified
1999Norwayfemale#35211HighVerified
1998Norwayfemale#37510HighVerified
1997Norwayfemale#33012HighVerified
1996Norwayfemale#4199HighVerified
1995Norwayfemale#5835HighVerified
1994Norwayfemale#36311HighVerified
1993Norwayfemale#30915HighVerified
1992Norwayfemale#6105HighVerified
1991Norwayfemale#40910HighVerified
1990Norwayfemale#5716HighVerified
1989Norwayfemale#4918HighVerified
1988Norwayfemale#5327HighVerified
1987Norwayfemale#4948HighVerified
1986Norwayfemale#6155HighVerified
1985Norwayfemale#5696HighVerified
1984Norwayfemale#4718HighVerified
1983Norwayfemale#4877HighVerified
1982Norwayfemale#5845HighVerified
1981Norwayfemale#5885HighVerified
1980Norwayfemale#5825HighVerified
1978Norwayfemale#34112HighVerified
1976Norwayfemale#4657HighVerified
1975Norwayfemale#37110HighVerified
1974Norwayfemale#5635HighVerified
1973Norwayfemale#34811HighVerified
1972Norwayfemale#4408HighVerified
1971Norwayfemale#4517HighVerified
1970Norwayfemale#35310HighVerified
1969Norwayfemale#32411HighVerified
1968Norwayfemale#35110HighVerified
1967Norwayfemale#3639HighVerified
1966Norwayfemale#3539HighVerified
1965Norwayfemale#4616HighVerified
1964Norwayfemale#26214HighVerified
1963Norwayfemale#25414HighVerified
1962Norwayfemale#3757HighVerified
1961Norwayfemale#31010HighVerified
1960Norwayfemale#25513HighVerified
1959Norwayfemale#26013HighVerified
1958Norwayfemale#25313HighVerified
1957Norwayfemale#3019HighVerified
1956Norwayfemale#20718HighVerified
1955Norwayfemale#19020HighVerified
1954Norwayfemale#16524HighVerified
1953Norwayfemale#21417HighVerified
1952Norwayfemale#18223HighVerified
1951Norwayfemale#19220HighVerified
1950Norwayfemale#18123HighVerified
1949Norwayfemale#17823HighVerified
1948Norwayfemale#14233HighVerified
1947Norwayfemale#14236HighVerified
1946Norwayfemale#15731HighVerified
1945Norwayfemale#15033HighVerified
2025Republic of Irelandfemale#14132HighVerified
2024Republic of Irelandfemale#12337HighVerified
2023Republic of Irelandfemale#10847HighVerified
2022Republic of Irelandfemale#13440HighVerified
2021Republic of Irelandfemale#16030HighVerified
2020Republic of Irelandfemale#10153HighVerified
2019Republic of Irelandfemale#10551HighVerified
2018Republic of Irelandfemale#8572HighVerified
2017Republic of Irelandfemale#9563HighVerified
2016Republic of Irelandfemale#8470HighVerified
2015Republic of Irelandfemale#8081HighVerified
2014Republic of Irelandfemale#7690HighVerified
2013Republic of Irelandfemale#8675HighVerified
2012Republic of Irelandfemale#7594HighVerified
2011Republic of Irelandfemale#7891HighVerified
2010Republic of Irelandfemale#7791HighVerified
2009Republic of Irelandfemale#10960HighVerified
2008Republic of Irelandfemale#10265HighVerified
2007Republic of Irelandfemale#11452HighVerified
2006Republic of Irelandfemale#13540HighVerified
2005Republic of Irelandfemale#17326HighVerified
2004Republic of Irelandfemale#23516HighVerified
2003Republic of Irelandfemale#27912HighVerified
2002Republic of Irelandfemale#5124HighVerified
2001Republic of Irelandfemale#6063HighVerified
1999Republic of Irelandfemale#4394HighVerified
1983Republic of Irelandfemale#5293HighVerified
2024Scotlandfemale#13832HighVerified

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

Where Lilly is officially recorded

7 official registrars have recorded Lilly, between 1945 and 2025, in 79 of those 81 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.

NorwayNorway: recorded in 1945Norway: recorded in 1946Norway: recorded in 1947Norway: recorded in 1948Norway: recorded in 1949Norway: recorded in 1950Norway: recorded in 1951Norway: recorded in 1952Norway: recorded in 1953Norway: recorded in 1954Norway: recorded in 1955Norway: recorded in 1956Norway: recorded in 1957Norway: recorded in 1958Norway: recorded in 1959Norway: recorded in 1960Norway: recorded in 1961Norway: recorded in 1962Norway: recorded in 1963Norway: recorded in 1964Norway: recorded in 1965Norway: recorded in 1966Norway: recorded in 1967Norway: recorded in 1968Norway: recorded in 1969Norway: recorded in 1970Norway: recorded in 1971Norway: recorded in 1972Norway: recorded in 1973Norway: recorded in 1974Norway: recorded in 1975Norway: recorded in 1976Norway: recorded in 1978Norway: recorded in 1980Norway: recorded in 1981Norway: recorded in 1982Norway: recorded in 1983Norway: recorded in 1984Norway: recorded in 1985Norway: recorded in 1986Norway: recorded in 1987Norway: recorded in 1988Norway: recorded in 1989Norway: recorded in 1990Norway: recorded in 1991Norway: recorded in 1992Norway: recorded in 1993Norway: recorded in 1994Norway: recorded in 1995Norway: recorded in 1996Norway: recorded in 1997Norway: recorded in 1998Norway: recorded in 1999Norway: recorded in 2000Norway: recorded in 2001Norway: recorded in 2002Norway: recorded in 2003Norway: recorded in 2004Norway: recorded in 2005Norway: recorded in 2006Norway: recorded in 2007Norway: recorded in 2008Norway: recorded in 2009Norway: recorded in 2010Norway: recorded in 2011Norway: recorded in 2012Norway: recorded in 2013Norway: recorded in 2014Norway: recorded in 2015Norway: recorded in 2016Norway: recorded in 2017Norway: recorded in 2018Norway: recorded in 2019Norway: recorded in 2020Norway: recorded in 2021Norway: recorded in 2022Norway: recorded in 2023Norway: recorded in 2024Norway: recorded in 2025Norway: highest position in 2015Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 1983Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1999Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2001Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2002Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2003Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2004Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2005Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2006Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2007Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2008Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2009Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2010Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2011Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2012Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2013Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2014Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2015Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2016Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2017Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2018Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2019Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2020Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2021Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2022Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2023Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2024Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2025Republic of Ireland: highest position in 2012England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 2011New South Wales, Austra…New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2003New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2004New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2005New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2006New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2007New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2008New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2009New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2010New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2011New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2012New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2013New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2014New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2015New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2016New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 2017New South Wales, Australia: highest position in 2009New ZealandNew Zealand: recorded in 2005New Zealand: recorded in 2006New Zealand: recorded in 2007New Zealand: recorded in 2008New Zealand: recorded in 2009New Zealand: recorded in 2010New Zealand: recorded in 2011New Zealand: recorded in 2012New Zealand: recorded in 2013New Zealand: recorded in 2014New Zealand: recorded in 2015New Zealand: recorded in 2016New Zealand: recorded in 2017New Zealand: recorded in 2018New Zealand: recorded in 2019New Zealand: recorded in 2020New Zealand: recorded in 2021New Zealand: recorded in 2022New Zealand: highest position in 2011Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland: recorded in 2005Northern Ireland: recorded in 2006Northern Ireland: recorded in 2007Northern Ireland: recorded in 2008Northern Ireland: recorded in 2009Northern Ireland: recorded in 2010Northern Ireland: recorded in 2011Northern Ireland: recorded in 2012Northern Ireland: recorded in 2013Northern Ireland: recorded in 2014Northern Ireland: recorded in 2015Northern Ireland: recorded in 2016Northern Ireland: recorded in 2017Northern Ireland: recorded in 2018Northern Ireland: recorded in 2019Northern Ireland: recorded in 2020Northern Ireland: recorded in 2021Northern Ireland: recorded in 2022Northern Ireland: recorded in 2023Northern Ireland: recorded in 2024Northern Ireland: highest position in 2011ScotlandScotland: recorded in 2024Scotland: highest position in 202419452025
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.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
Norway1945–202579#30 in 2015
Republic of Ireland1983–202527#75 in 2012
England and Wales1996–202530#27 in 2011
New South Wales, Australia2003–201715#35 in 2009
Northern Ireland2005–202420#106 in 2011
New Zealand2005–202218#39 in 2011
Scotland20241#138 in 2024

Its high point came 15 years earlier in New South Wales, Australia (2009) than in Scotland (2024).

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What is known about Lilly

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
7 official registrars, 1945–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Reported
A recorded pronunciation is available.

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 7 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #27 in England and Wales in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.