first name
LILLY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 54,556 people named Lilly, 71.6% reported their origin as White, 13.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.3% as two or more races. 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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Lilly peaked in 2010, when 2,891 babies got the name.
At least 66,752 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.
Lilly by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #322. The largest share of babies named Lilly, 40.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Lilly is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lilly has been most common in Nevada (2×), Utah (1.8×), and Arizona (1.8×), and least common in Hawaii (0.43×).
58,917 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 Lilly
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lilly, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lilly ranks #1,670 of 156,621, with 21,065 people. See Lilly as a last name
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