Lilli Girl
How popular is Lilli?
#3,902 girl name in 2025
37 baby girls were named Lilli in the US in 2025, making it the 3902nd most popular girl name.
Lilli popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,902 for girls (▲ 60 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 37 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-49% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,501 in 2015, #3,179 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (174 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,335 in 2006 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lilli counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lily family of names ranked #16 for girls in 2025 (#17 the year before), with 8,475 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lily | 6,673 | 79% |
| Lilly | 1,218 | 14% |
| Lillie | 420 | 5% |
| Lili | 61 | 1% |
| Lilli | 37 | 0% |
| Lillee | 15 | 0% |
| Lilee | 17 | 0% |
| Lilley | 6 | 0% |
| Lilie | 12 | 0% |
| Lileigh | 6 | 0% |
| Lilleigh | 5 | 0% |
| Lylee | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lilli is most popular
Babies named Lilli per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Lilli by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1920s | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1930s | 23 | #3,405 |
| 1940s | 70 | #2,339 |
| 1950s | 231 | #1,559 |
| 1960s | 172 | #2,112 |
| 1970s | 60 | #5,412 |
| 1980s | 99 | #4,961 |
| 1990s | 237 | #2,672 |
| 2000s | 1,302 | #1,335 |
| 2010s | 937 | #1,455 |
| 2020s | 241 | #3,179 |
Girl names about as popular as Lilli
Questions
- Is Lilli a boy or girl name?
- Lilli is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lilli were girls.
- How popular is the name Lilli?
- 37 baby girls were named Lilli in the US in 2025, making it the 3902nd most popular girl name.
- When was Lilli most popular?
- Lilli peaked in 2006, when 174 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,335 in 2006.
- How many people are named Lilli?
- 3,383 babies have been named Lilli in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,240 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Lilli most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lilli was most common in New York, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.