Lilly

Lilly: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “lily flower”
Origin: English
Say it: LIL-ee · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Variant spelling of Lily, from the flower name, ultimately from Latin lilium. It has also been used as a diminutive of names such as Elizabeth and Lillian.

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How popular is Lilly?

2024366 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Lilly in 20241,217

2024 rank#259 girls

Peak year2011

Total US babies since 188065,499

Lilly is fading: recent use is about 51% of its level ten years before.

Names like Lilly

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Lilylily flower · English
Lillielily flower · English
Lilialily · Latin
Oliviaolive tree · English
Evelyndesired; little bird · English
Harperharp player · English
Violetviolet flower · English
Hazelhazel tree · English

Lilly questions

What does the name Lilly mean?

Lilly means "lily flower". It comes from English. Variant spelling of Lily, from the flower name, ultimately from Latin lilium. It has also been used as a diminutive of names such as Elizabeth and Lillian.

Is Lilly a boy or girl name?

Lilly is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Lilly?

1,217 US babies were named Lilly in 2024. Its peak year was 2011.

How do you pronounce Lilly?

Lilly is usually pronounced LIL-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.