Lily

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Lily is a feminine given name usually derived from lily, the flower. The name became particularly popular along with other flower names for girls during the 1800s and early 1900s. The lily also has associations with and has been symbolic of innocence and purity in Christian art.

From Wikipedia

Lily first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2011 with 1,130 babies (rank #9 that year). In 2024 it was given to 794 girls (rank #9). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Lily

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Lily yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

18,849
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
1,130
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199148#524
199246#547
199347#537
199441#543
199552#513
199669#387
199786#318
1998105#270
1999127#228
2000148#193
2001181#161
2002239#117
2003316#87
2004437#55
2005477#53
2006586#36
2007762#22
2008862#17
20091,007#13
20101,027#12
20111,130#9
20121,117#9
2013939#15
2014960#14
2015847#18
2016856#17
2017760#23
2018799#19
2019758#21
2020773#14
2021812#13
2022875#9
2023766#12
2024794#9