Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lily

#215 most common girls' name of all time · #413 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#215
Rank overall
#413 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
189,789
Since 2016
59,563
Peak year
2011 #15
Best rank
#15 2011
Girls Boys peak 8,199/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Lily is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6,673 — 6,673 #18
2024 6,121 — 6,121 #24
2023 6,176 — 6,176 #20
2022 6,012 — 6,012 #30
2021 5,632 — 5,632 #31
2020 5,258 5 5,263 #35
2019 5,461 — 5,461 #34
2018 5,753 — 5,753 #31
2017 5,862 — 5,862 #33
2016 6,610 — 6,610 #24
2015 6,683 7 6,690 #25
2014 6,789 7 6,796 #27
2013 7,004 5 7,009 #27
2012 7,970 12 7,982 #16
2011 8,192 7 8,199 #15
2010 7,992 9 8,001 #17
2009 8,101 8 8,109 #18
2008 8,128 9 8,137 #24
2007 7,499 9 7,508 #27
2006 6,768 7 6,775 #33
2005 6,090 17 6,107 #39
2004 5,402 21 5,423 #53
2003 4,434 6 4,440 #69
2002 3,834 — 3,834 #79
2001 3,197 — 3,197 #103
2000 2,733 — 2,733 #124
1999 2,123 — 2,123 #152
1998 1,752 — 1,752 #169
1997 1,355 — 1,355 #219
1996 1,091 — 1,091 #261
1995 853 — 853 #321
1994 648 — 648 #391
1993 557 — 557 #449
1992 523 — 523 #473
1991 474 — 474 #501
1990 396 — 396 #584
1989 417 6 423 #544
1988 400 — 400 #546
1987 309 — 309 #623
1986 292 — 292 #632
1985 243 — 243 #711
1984 223 — 223 #732
1983 206 — 206 #775
1982 208 — 208 #783
1981 223 — 223 #741
1980 187 — 187 #835
1979 150 — 150 #964
1978 111 — 111 #1,150
1977 107 — 107 #1,160
1976 133 — 133 #957
1975 122 — 122 #998
1974 107 — 107 #1,089
1973 102 — 102 #1,104
1972 139 — 139 #901
1971 124 — 124 #1,003
1970 125 — 125 #997
1969 116 — 116 #1,003
1968 99 — 99 #1,056
1967 96 — 96 #1,060
1966 112 — 112 #960
1965 94 — 94 #1,081
1964 133 — 133 #904
1963 123 — 123 #953
1962 120 — 120 #974
1961 128 — 128 #956
1960 127 — 127 #946
1959 127 — 127 #929
1958 149 — 149 #834
1957 149 — 149 #832
1956 159 — 159 #782
1955 165 — 165 #738
1954 144 — 144 #780
1953 130 — 130 #806
1952 133 — 133 #776
1951 135 — 135 #758
1950 135 — 135 #741
1949 131 — 131 #749
1948 139 — 139 #709
1947 138 — 138 #725
1946 122 — 122 #732
1945 142 — 142 #604
1944 154 — 154 #593
1943 160 — 160 #595
1942 173 — 173 #562
1941 166 — 166 #547
1940 186 — 186 #507
1939 168 — 168 #518
1938 195 — 195 #475
1937 178 — 178 #492
1936 202 — 202 #449
1935 210 — 210 #447
1934 216 5 221 #441
1933 242 — 242 #409
1932 245 — 245 #420
1931 268 — 268 #399
1930 305 — 305 #389
1929 302 — 302 #386
1928 345 — 345 #370
1927 366 5 371 #354
1926 344 — 344 #362
1925 362 — 362 #360
1924 409 — 409 #332
1923 418 — 418 #316
1922 418 — 418 #317
1921 407 — 407 #326
1920 386 — 386 #331
1919 368 — 368 #332
1918 388 — 388 #327
1917 330 — 330 #346
1916 373 — 373 #312
1915 343 — 343 #320
1914 252 — 252 #330
1913 212 — 212 #331
1912 245 — 245 #292
1911 130 — 130 #350
1910 154 — 154 #310
1909 109 — 109 #343
1908 102 — 102 #357
1907 104 — 104 #342
1906 82 — 82 #378
1905 134 — 134 #287
1904 105 — 105 #318
1903 95 — 95 #319
1902 99 — 99 #316
1901 89 — 89 #317
1900 126 — 126 #291
1899 115 — 115 #268
1898 92 — 92 #325
1897 113 — 113 #269
1896 100 — 100 #291
1895 101 — 101 #280
1894 108 — 108 #265
1893 83 — 83 #296
1892 98 — 98 #267
1891 73 — 73 #294
1890 96 — 96 #255
1889 84 — 84 #257
1888 102 — 102 #229
1887 59 — 59 #274
1886 75 — 75 #238
1885 88 — 88 #203
1884 60 — 60 #252
1883 62 — 62 #232
1882 63 — 63 #216
1881 46 — 46 #234
1880 41 — 41 #241