Lili Girl
How popular is Lili?
#2,778 girl name in 2025
61 baby girls were named Lili in the US in 2025, making it the 2778th most popular girl name.
Lili popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,778 for girls (▲ 198 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 61 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+3% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,927 in 2015, #3,015 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (139 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,332 in 1954 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lili counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lily family of names ranked #16 for girls in 2025 (#17 the year before), with 8,475 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lily | 6,673 | 79% |
| Lilly | 1,218 | 14% |
| Lillie | 420 | 5% |
| Lili | 61 | 1% |
| Lilli | 37 | 0% |
| Lillee | 15 | 0% |
| Lilee | 17 | 0% |
| Lilley | 6 | 0% |
| Lilie | 12 | 0% |
| Lileigh | 6 | 0% |
| Lilleigh | 5 | 0% |
| Lylee | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Lili is most popular
Babies named Lili per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (52 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Missouri: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Lili by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 22 | #2,632 |
| 1920s | 17 | #4,375 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1940s | 97 | #2,328 |
| 1950s | 348 | #1,332 |
| 1960s | 263 | #1,579 |
| 1970s | 201 | #2,395 |
| 1980s | 240 | #2,366 |
| 1990s | 491 | #1,665 |
| 2000s | 1,098 | #1,421 |
| 2010s | 718 | #2,000 |
| 2020s | 362 | #2,494 |
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Questions
- Is Lili a boy or girl name?
- Lili is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lili were girls.
- How popular is the name Lili?
- 61 baby girls were named Lili in the US in 2025, making it the 2778th most popular girl name.
- When was Lili most popular?
- Lili peaked in 2003, when 139 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,332 in 1954.
- How many people are named Lili?
- 3,862 babies have been named Lili in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,651 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Lili most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lili was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.