Baby name

Lillie

Girl

Origin of the name

Lillie is linked to the Lily, the flower; it was also used as a pet form of Elizabeth.

Comeback name

1919 was its best year: 3,262 births, or 1 baby in 647. Almost forgotten around 1986, with about 90 births a year, it has been climbing back since. Its rank in 2025: No. 675.

158,918births since 1880

1910sgeneration

No. 81rank at its peak, in 1919

Where babies named Lillie are born

1919

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The darker the blue, the more common Lillie is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Lillie is most common in Mississippi (7 times), South Carolina (5.6) and Alabama (4.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Willie 146,197
Billie 103,663
Millie 45,926
Tillie 15,738
Lilli 3,383
Lillia 2,633

Names from the same era

Willie · Pearl · Agnes · Alma · Nellie · Vera

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