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Lily

Lily is a girl's name meaning "The lily flower", drawing on Latin roots. It shows no signs of slowing down, reaching new highs in the 2010s. In the current registry, it is a name most people have come across. Since 1900, roughly 140,816 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.

LatinThe lily flower
LatinSymbol of purity
Births by decade
1900s
1,045
1910s
2,795
1920s
3,763
1930s
2,233
1940s
1,511
1950s
1,425
1960s
1,144
1970s
1,221
1980s
2,706
1990s
9,764
2000s
56,233
2010s
56,976
Peaked in the 2010s · 140,816 total U.S. births since 1900