Lillie

“Variant of Lily — The lily flower, an emblem of purity and innocence” — English origin

Girl's name · #676 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Lillie was #33 in 1881, slipped to #1526 by 1988, and has climbed back to #676 today. About 159,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Together with its spelling variants Lily (#18) and Lilly (#252), Lillie would rank around #9 with about 8,300 births last year — the newborns split about 80/15/5 across Lily, Lilly, and Lillie.

Around the world: about 1 in 640 girls in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 660 girls in N. Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 1,200 girls in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Lillies

Lillie Langtry — British actress (1853-1929)
Lillie Leatherwood — athletics competitor
Lillie Devereux Blake — American activist, reformer, writer (1833–1913)
Lillie Hayward — American screenwriter (1891-1977)
Lillie P. Bliss — American art collector and patron (1864–1931)

In stories & tradition

Lillie — Pokémon Sun and Moon · Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

What Lillies become

Among 57 notable people named Lillie:

Artists & writers appear 2.03× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lillie Devereux Blake, American activist, reformer, writer (1833–1913).

Similar names: Lilly · Frankie · Lina · Billie · Mae · Nellie

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