Lily-Mae

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lily-Mae: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #186 in 2011, and it stood at #412 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
55times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#186highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#2738
1998	#1823
1999	#1805
2000	#1389
2001	#936
2002	#842
2003	#818
2004	#565
2005	#432
2006	#415
2007	#297
2008	#283
2009	#234
2010	#214
2011	#186
2012	#215
2013	#249
2014	#228
2015	#263
2016	#349
2017	#370
2018	#467
2019	#389
2020	#426
2021	#529
2022	#499
2023	#545
2024	#767

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 every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #412 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #638 among girls in Scotland, #767 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2024 · 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
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #186 among girls in England and Wales, in 2011 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #767 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lily-Mae appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 3,093 births with the name.

Lily-Mae across 3 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.

Lily-Mae'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	#3795 (1996)	#186 (2011)	#767 (2024)	29 of 29	3,093 (1996–2024)	275 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#862 (2008)	#203 (2014)	#412 (2024)	17 of 17	132 (2008–2024)	26 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#311 (2011)	#205 (2014)	#391 (2023)	8 of 13	43 (2011–2023)	9 (2014)

Lily-Mae 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 Lily-Mae in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000s	871	10 of 10	87
2010sbusiest	1,818	10 of 10	182
2020s	378	5 of 10	76

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 182 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2006 and 2007, when recorded births rose by 57, from 101 to 158.

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

Lily-Mae 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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #186 in England and Wales in 2011.

Lily-Mae'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	#767	49	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#545	71	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#499	81	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#529	77	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#426	100	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#389	113	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#467	92	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#370	124	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#349	137	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#263	187	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#228	224	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#249	198	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#215	232	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#186	275	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#214	236	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#234	207	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#283	168	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#297	158	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#415	101	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#432	86	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#565	55	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#818	32	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#842	28	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#936	23	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1389	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#361	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#312	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#205	9	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#268	7	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#412	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#444	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#402	11	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	26	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#435	10	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#582	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #186, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 275 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 28 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.

Lily-Jane · #2338, 18y
Lily-Louise · #2717, 14y
Lily-Mai · #440, 25y
Lily-Marie · #695, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Coen · #186, 24y
Saul · #186, 30y
Esmee · #185, 29y
Romeo · #185, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Coen · #186, 24y
Courteney · #186, 15y
Deaglan · #186, 20y
Sarah-Louise · #186, 20y

Lily-Mae was ranked #186 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.

Lily-Mae 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 Lily-Mae without appearing here.

Lily-Mae moved ahead of

Teddy Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3795 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #842 and #4137.
Karin Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1805 and #1557 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1389 and #3912.
Liv Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3795 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1389 and #3912.
Cheryl Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1389 and #1313 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #936 and #3262.

Moved ahead of Lily-Mae

Aria Compare
In 2012 they stood at #435 and #510 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #587 and #246.
Fiadh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #426 and #460 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #529 and #355.
Ivy Compare
In 2012 they stood at #268 and #297 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2013 that had become #327 and #167.
Diane Compare
In 2022 they stood at #444 and #834 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #856 and #727.

Moved the opposite way to Lily-Mae

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lily-Mae went from #3795 to #767 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lily-Mae went from #3795 to #767 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lily-Mae went from #3795 to #767 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lily-Mae went from #3795 to #767 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Lily-Mae

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lily-Mae went from #3795 to #767 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lily-Mae went from #3795 to #767 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lily-Mae went from #3795 to #767 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lily-Mae went from #3795 to #767 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #186 in England and Wales in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lily-Mae

Lily-Mae at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lily-Mae across 3 official records

Lily-Mae by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lily-Mae appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Lily-Mae at a glance

Lily-Mae across 3 official records

Lily-Mae by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lily-Mae appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Lily-Mae

Lily-Mae and the names beside it

Lily-Mae moved ahead of

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