Lilly-May

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lilly-May: Recorded since 1997, it reached #233 in 2011, and it stood at #1,406 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#233highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1998	#3142
1999	#3225
2001	#3262
2002	#1928
2003	#2191
2004	#1072
2005	#866
2006	#717
2007	#447
2008	#420
2009	#336
2010	#274
2011	#233
2012	#274
2013	#273
2014	#318
2015	#388
2016	#447
2017	#541
2018	#657
2019	#737
2020	#1127
2021	#1007
2022	#1282
2023	#1575
2024	#1406

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 27 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2021: #883 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1007 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #233 among girls in England and Wales, in 2011 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1406 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lilly-May appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 1,887 births with the name.

Lilly-May 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.

Lilly-May'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	#3824 (1997)	#233 (2011)	#1406 (2024)	27 of 28	1,887 (1997–2024)	217 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#937 (2011)	#661 (2014)	#883 (2021)	5 of 11	17 (2011–2021)	5 (2014)

Lilly-May 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 Lilly-May in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000s	443	9 of 10	49
2010sbusiest	1,303	10 of 10	130
2020s	130	5 of 10	26

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 130 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2006 and 2007, when recorded births rose by 48, from 43 to 91.

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

Lilly-May 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #233 in England and Wales in 2011.

Lilly-May'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	#1406	23	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1575	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1282	25	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1007	34	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1127	29	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#737	52	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#657	61	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#541	80	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#447	98	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#388	118	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#318	146	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#273	172	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#274	179	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#233	217	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#274	180	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#336	132	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#420	102	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#447	91	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#717	43	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#866	32	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1072	22	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #233, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 217 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 14 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.

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Lilly-Mai · #420, 20y
Lilly-Rae · #1649, 17y
Lilly-Rose · #306, 22y

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.

Dudley · #232, 28y
Ty · #231, 29y
Ayomide · #236, 29y
Demi-Lee · #230, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Annalise · #233, 31y
Haniya · #233, 27y
Bentley · #232, 29y
Conlan · #234, 24y

Lilly-May was ranked #233 in England and Wales · 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.

Lilly-May 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 Lilly-May without appearing here.

Lilly-May moved ahead of

Francis Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3824 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #866 and #3970.
Freddie Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3824 and #2411 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #717 and #3548.
Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1928 and #4137.
Fionn Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3262 and #3262 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1928 and #4137.

Moved ahead of Lilly-May

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #737 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1127 and #460.
Eabha Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1007 and #1069 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1282 and #1180.
Frida Compare
In 2017 they stood at #541 and #740 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #657 and #568.

Moved the opposite way to Lilly-May

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilly-May went from #3824 to #1406 while Abigail went from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilly-May went from #3824 to #1406 while Aimee went from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilly-May went from #3824 to #1406 while Aisling went from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilly-May went from #3824 to #1406 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Lilly-May

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilly-May went from #3824 to #1406 and Ada from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilly-May went from #3824 to #1406 and Alma from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilly-May went from #3824 to #1406 and Alyssa from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilly-May went from #3824 to #1406 and Amalie from #3824 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #233 in England and Wales in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lilly-May

Lilly-May at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lilly-May across 2 official records

Lilly-May by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lilly-May appears in

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Lilly-May at a glance

Lilly-May across 2 official records

Lilly-May 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 Lilly-May

Lilly-May and the names beside it

Lilly-May moved ahead of

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