Lilou

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lilou: Recorded since 2004, it reached #2,233 in 2016, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#2233highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#4598
2005	#3970
2006	#4157
2008	#4524
2009	#5556
2011	#3549
2012	#2717
2013	#4739
2014	#2862
2015	#2945
2016	#2233
2017	#3583
2018	#4684
2020	#3447
2021	#2711
2022	#4645
2023	#3598
2024	#3318

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 18 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #4598 among girls in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #2233 among girls in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lilou 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 Lilou in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	18	5 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	57	8 of 10	7
2020s	32	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Lilou appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2233 in England and Wales in 2016.

Lilou'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	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,233, first reached in 2016.

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

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

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 →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2016Under 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Alveena · #2233, 17y
Connie-Mae · #2233, 16y
Gauri · #2233, 20y
Ishaal · #2233, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Alveena · #2233, 17y
Gauri · #2233, 20y
Ishaal · #2233, 18y
Lillie-Ann · #2233, 19y

Lilou 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 Lilou without appearing here.

Lilou moved ahead of

Josefine Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5556 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.
Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5556 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.
Kirsten Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4684 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #5581.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4684 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Lilou

Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2233 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #2502.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2945 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #2706.
Arlo Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2233 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #3583.
Noah Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2233 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #3583.

Moved the opposite way to Lilou

Carol Compare
Between 2004 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilou went from #4598 to #2711 while Carol went from #2278 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 2004 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilou went from #4598 to #2711 while Tyler went from #372 to #5581.

Moved the same way as Lilou

Blake Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilou went from #5556 to #3318 and Blake from #3936 to #432.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2233 in England and Wales in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lilou

Lilou at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lilou by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Lilou at a glance

Lilou by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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