girls:
3.7k births since 1912
#2825 (51st percentile)
overall:
3.7k births since 1912
#4488 (42nd percentile)
The name Lili is the #4,488 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,743 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 42.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,825 (50.6% percentile) for all time with 3,743 births since 1912.
Lili first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for girls in 1912). Birth data for Lili is available in 91 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Lili reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 14.8% percentile (ranked #773) with 69 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 69 births per million (ranked 14.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lili ranks #882 for girls (6.9% percentile) with 40 births per million, which is 57.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lili".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Lili", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 16 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Lily" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Lily..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lili. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.1% confident that Lili is pronounced as LEE-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LIH-lee, at 43.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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