first name
LILLIE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 36,984 people named Lillie, 46% reported their origin as White, 43.9% as Black and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lillie peaked in 1919, when 3,277 babies got the name.
At least 159,791 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Lillie by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #56. The largest share of babies named Lillie, 39.2%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Lillie is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lillie has been most common in Mississippi (7×), South Carolina (5.6×), and Alabama (4.9×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.04×).
116,011 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.
Either side of Lillie
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lillie, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lillie ranks #7,902 of 156,621, with 4,030 people. See Lillie as a last name
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