girls:
1.4k births since 1881
#4289 (25th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1881
#6297 (19th percentile)
The name Lilie is the #6,297 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,448 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 18.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,289 (24.9% percentile) for all time with 1,448 births since 1881.
Lilie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (first recorded for girls in 1881). Birth data for Lilie is available in 93 out of the 143 years between 1881 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, Lilie reached its peak popularity in 1923, achieving the 4.6% percentile (ranked #582) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 1904, with 62 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lilie ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 10.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lilie".
These names exclude other spelling variations of Lily. View all variations of Lily.
These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Lilie", 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 Lilie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.1% confident that Lilie is pronounced as LIH-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LEE-lee, at 13.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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