girl's name

Lilly-Mae

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 9
  • Popularity Top 1000 (E&W)
  • Births on record 2,169

Northern Ireland

#444

2011 births

Lilly-Mae is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 17 babies in England and Wales. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Peaked in England and Wales in 2014, when 195 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in England and Wales.
  • Today about 1 in 30,997 babies in England and Wales is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 2000.

Lilly-Mae over time

Births per decade in England and Wales, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,348
'00 '10 '20
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Births named Lilly-Mae by decade in England and Wales
Decade Births
2000s 360
2010s 1,348
2020s (to 2025) 209

How popular is Lilly-Mae?

In 2025, Lilly-Mae was given to 17 babies in England and Wales. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Lilly-Mae is used

Northern Ireland #444 3 in 2011
Scotland #648 4 in 2024
Ireland as Lilly Mae #723 4 in 2025
England & Wales #1,725 17 in 2025
United States as Lillymae #10,915 9 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

Figures for England and Wales withhold any name given to fewer than three babies in a year, so a gap means the name fell below that floor rather than went unused. Data & sources.

How Lilly-Mae is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Lillymae Lillymae is Lilly-Mae written as one word, used in the United States, where it ranks #10,915. 225
Lilly Mae Lilly Mae is Lilly-Mae written as two words, recorded mostly in Ireland. 12

Names that peaked alongside Lilly-Mae

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Lilly-Mae also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lilly-Mae over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Lilly-Mae

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Lilly-Mae — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Lilly-Mae

How popular is the name Lilly-Mae?

In 2025, Lilly-Mae was given to 17 babies in England and Wales. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Lilly-Mae a girl's or a boy's name?

Lilly-Mae is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Lilly-Mae most popular?

Lilly-Mae peaked in 2014, when 195 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Lilly-Mae a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lilly-Mae currently ranks #648 in England and Wales. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.