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 1952 and has been recorded in 62 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 142 babies (rank #101 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

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.

1,173
Total babies (all years)
62
Years in the data
142
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
19525#570
19539#612
19547#689
19559#644
195611#602
19575#822
19586#790
19599#693
19604#951
19614#956
19624#964
19634#984
19646#872
19653#1,082
19663#1,085
19675#946
19689#765
19694#1,064
19702#1,210
19712#1,224
19724#1,058
19741#1,370
19751#1,511
19761#1,514
19771#1,534
19781#1,546
19794#1,065
19804#1,088
19812#1,292
19822#1,355
19834#1,099
19843#1,216
19853#1,253
19864#1,144
19874#1,147
19886#978
19896#992
19906#1,020
19919#847
199210#817
199312#744
199411#771
19959#851
199614#664
199711#760
199823#504
199920#537
200024#490
200121#530
200227#453
200334#378
200422#490
200521#488
200627#402
200740#297
200847#262
200959#212
201092#157
2011105#136
2012108#127
2013117#114
2014142#101