Data through 2025

Lily name popularity in England and Wales

Lily ranked #2 for girls in 2025. ONS recorded 2,249 girls named Lily.

Rank#2

for girls in 2025

Girls recorded2,249

ONS

Peak year2011

4,761 recorded

Five-year change+4.6%

since 2020

Popularity over time

Lily for boys and girls

Girls

2,249

100.0% in 2025 · data from 1996 to 2025

Boys

3

Share unavailable · data from 2011 to 2011

Lily in other countries and regions

Recent year-by-year data

The latest published years are shown first.

YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025girls2,249#2
2024girls2,185#3
2023girls2,290#4
2022girls2,281#5
2021girls2,182#7
2020girls2,150#7
2019girls2,285#9
2018girls2,184#13
2017girls2,405#10
2016girls2,722#7
2015girls2,711#13
2014girls2,965#9
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YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025girls2,249#2
2024girls2,185#3
2023girls2,290#4
2022girls2,281#5
2021girls2,182#7
2020girls2,150#7
2019girls2,285#9
2018girls2,184#13
2017girls2,405#10
2016girls2,722#7
2015girls2,711#13
2014girls2,965#9
2013girls2,883#12
2012girls3,802#5
2011boys3#4647
2011girls4,761#3
2010girls4,257#4
2009girls3,967#8
2008girls4,047#8
2007girls4,011#8
2006girls3,407#9
2005girls2,871#16
2004girls2,803#16
2003girls2,221#23
2002girls1,706#28
2001girls1,368#35
2000girls1,124#45
1999girls1,007#53
1998girls873#61
1997girls721#75
1996girls651#85

Data from Office for National Statistics · through 2025.

How Lily’s popularity has changed

Ten-year change-17.0%
Change since peak-52.8%