How rare is the name Lili?

8,870 people in the United States have the first name Lili, about 1 in 34,051. It ranks #2,657 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LILI

#2,657

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,870
About
1 in 34,051
This common or more
80.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,870 people named Lili, 35.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 33.4% as White and 24.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 99% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lili peaked in 2003, when 139 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2003
Births that year
139
In 2025*
61 ▼56%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,862 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Lili by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #2,931. The largest share of babies named Lili, 41.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#8,01122
1920s#10,61717
1930s#11,9535
1940s#5,13997
1950s#2,931348
1960s#3,748263
1970s#5,339201
1980s#5,633240
1990s#4,309491
2000s#3,1271,098
2010s#4,395718
2020s#4,932362
Greatest Generation 1901–271%
Silent Generation 1928–451.1%
Baby boom 1946–6414.4%
Generation X 1965–808.5%
Millennials 1981–9612.6%
Generation Z 1997–1241.7%
2013 and later20.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Lili is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lili has been most common in California (4.7×), Texas (2.1×), and New York (1.9×), and least common in Illinois (0.72×).

1,418 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Lili

1 other first name also has 8,870 people.

#2,657 Ajay · 8,870

Either side of Lili

#2,656 Kelsi · 8,881#2,657 Ajay · 8,870#2,659 Hayes · 8,856#2,660 Woodrow · 8,852

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lili, most common first.

#360 Lily · 155,678#997 Lila · 43,201#1,273 Lilia · 29,179#4,806 Lilli · 3,758#10,324 Lil · 1,299#13,879 Lilie · 860#21,056 Lilo · 486#32,402 Lile · 260

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