Names like Lily

In 2025, 6,673 girls born in the US were named Lily, #18 among girls' names.

It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1880, dropped out, and has been back every year since 1979.

Its best rank was #15, in 2011.

The most births in one year were 8,192, in 2011.

For 10 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1974 or later (Lily's began in 1979).

Lily's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   #243
2. 1890
   #255
3. 1900
   #290
4. 1910
   #309
5. 1920
   #330
6. 1930
   #383
7. 1940
   #498
8. 1950
   #726
9. 1960
   #933
10. 1970
    #979
11. 1980
    #819
12. 1990
    #580
13. 2000
    #124
14. 2010
    #17
15. 2020
    #35
16. 2025
    #18

12 girl names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Lily's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other girl's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.