girls:
3.3k births since 1912
#3011 (47th percentile)
overall:
3.3k births since 1912
#4750 (39th percentile)
The name Lilli is the #4,750 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,306 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 38.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 38.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,011 (47.3% percentile) for all time with 3,306 births since 1912.
Lilli first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for girls in 1912). Birth data for Lilli is available in 84 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, Lilli reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 17.5% percentile (ranked #797) with 83 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 83 births per million (ranked 17.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lilli ranks #921 for girls (2.7% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 21.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lilli".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Lilli. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Lilli is pronounced as LIH-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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