Fun Facts About the Name Lilie
- More than 1 thousand babies named Lilie: U.S. records list 1,473 babies given the name Lilie from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Lilie Mean?
Lilie is the German form of the name Lily, and it means "lily" - the flower. The word behind it is Latin lilium, "lily," which also produced the English lily and the names Lily and Lilia. Latin lilium is generally traced to Greek leirion, the Greek word for the same flower; the older origin of the Greek term is uncertain, and it may be a borrowing from a pre-Greek Mediterranean language rather than inherited Indo-European vocabulary.
In German, Lilie is not a poetic or symbolic coinage but the ordinary noun for the flower, used directly as a given name. The flower's later role as a sign of purity in Christian art is an added association, not part of the word's etymology.
Lilie Name History & Origins
Names taken directly from flower words became widespread in Europe during the 19th century, and Lilie belongs to that pattern in German-speaking countries. It is the German word for the lily carried over into personal use rather than a form of an older saint's name. In the English-speaking world the corresponding spellings are Lily and Lillie, and English also used Lily and Lillie as pet forms of Elizabeth, a separate development that ran alongside the flower name.
The lily itself has a long presence in European art and religion: in Christian iconography it stands for purity and is often shown in scenes of the Annunciation, and a stylized lily form underlies the French fleur-de-lis, whose lis comes from the same Latin lilium. Those are associations of the plant and its image. The German personal name Lilie rests on the plant word, and its use as a given name is documented far less fully than that of the English Lily.
How Popular is the Name Lilie?
Lilie recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2008. Its best rank was #856 in 1890.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,648 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #8,199 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2023 | #9,344 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #9,386 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #10,762 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #10,768 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #11,971 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #10,243 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #8,580 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #6,801 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2015 | #9,877 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #6,607 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2013 | #4,969 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2012 | #6,026 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2011 | #4,200 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2010 | #3,860 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 2009 | #4,064 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2008 | #3,977 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 2007 | #4,758 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2006 | #4,750 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2005 | #4,900 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2004 | #4,560 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2003 | #3,994 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2002 | #4,571 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2001 | #9,798 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2000 | #9,587 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1999 | #8,014 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #13,399 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #8,095 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1989 | #13,609 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #6,076 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #4,995 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1954 | #4,939 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1949 | #4,082 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1948 | #4,992 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1943 | #4,018 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1942 | #3,110 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1941 | #3,797 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1940 | #4,737 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1939 | #3,038 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1938 | #2,515 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1937 | #4,068 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1935 | #2,507 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1934 | #2,246 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1933 | #2,225 | 14 | 0.0014% |
| 1932 | #2,193 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1931 | #2,675 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1930 | #2,620 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1929 | #1,383 | 31 | 0.0028% |
| 1928 | #1,814 | 22 | 0.0019% |
| 1927 | #2,214 | 17 | 0.0014% |
| 1926 | #2,212 | 17 | 0.0014% |
| 1925 | #1,675 | 26 | 0.0021% |
| 1924 | #1,745 | 25 | 0.0020% |
| 1923 | #1,415 | 33 | 0.0027% |
| 1922 | #1,665 | 26 | 0.0022% |
| 1921 | #1,649 | 27 | 0.0022% |
| 1920 | #1,457 | 31 | 0.0026% |
| 1919 | #1,505 | 28 | 0.0025% |
| 1918 | #1,667 | 24 | 0.0021% |
| 1917 | #1,625 | 23 | 0.0021% |
| 1916 | #1,389 | 28 | 0.0027% |
| 1915 | #1,710 | 20 | 0.0020% |
| 1914 | #1,699 | 16 | 0.0021% |
| 1913 | #1,438 | 17 | 0.0027% |
| 1912 | #1,276 | 18 | 0.0032% |
| 1911 | #1,504 | 11 | 0.0026% |
| 1910 | #906 | 23 | 0.0058% |
| 1909 | #1,131 | 14 | 0.0040% |
| 1908 | #1,028 | 16 | 0.0048% |
| 1907 | #1,463 | 9 | 0.0028% |
| 1906 | #1,076 | 13 | 0.0044% |
| 1905 | #1,134 | 12 | 0.0041% |
| 1904 | #865 | 18 | 0.0065% |
| 1903 | #1,174 | 10 | 0.0038% |
| 1902 | #1,927 | 5 | 0.0019% |
| 1901 | #1,044 | 11 | 0.0046% |
| 1900 | #1,033 | 14 | 0.0047% |
| 1899 | #921 | 13 | 0.0056% |
| 1898 | #1,325 | 8 | 0.0031% |
| 1897 | #1,220 | 8 | 0.0034% |
| 1896 | #1,088 | 10 | 0.0042% |
| 1895 | #1,170 | 9 | 0.0039% |
| 1894 | #882 | 13 | 0.0058% |
| 1893 | #1,364 | 6 | 0.0028% |
| 1892 | #991 | 10 | 0.0047% |
| 1891 | #1,155 | 7 | 0.0038% |
| 1890 | #856 | 11 | 0.0058% |
| 1889 | #1,085 | 7 | 0.0039% |
| 1888 | #1,220 | 6 | 0.0034% |
| 1887 | #1,236 | 5 | 0.0034% |
| 1886 | #1,201 | 5 | 0.0035% |
| 1885 | #994 | 6 | 0.0045% |
| 1881 | #896 | 5 | 0.0054% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Lilie Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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