girl's name

Lily-Mai

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 902

Northern Ireland

#442

2016 births

Lily-Mai is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in England and Wales. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in England and Wales in 2011, when 95 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in England and Wales.
  • Today about 1 in 105,396 babies in England and Wales is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1997.

Lily-Mai over time

Births per decade in England and Wales, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

515
'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Lily-Mai by decade in England and Wales
Decade Births
1990s 3
2000s 274
2010s 515
2020s (to 2025) 48

How popular is Lily-Mai?

In 2025, Lily-Mai was given to 5 babies in England and Wales. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Lily-Mai is used

Northern Ireland #442 3 in 2016
Ireland #910 6 in 2015
Canada #2,156 9 in 2010
France #3,554 5 in 2011
England & Wales #4,276 5 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 Lily-Mai is spelled

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

Spelling What it is Births on record
Lily Mai Lily Mai is Lily-Mai written as two words, recorded mostly in Ireland. 6

Names that peaked alongside Lily-Mai

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

Parents who like Lily-Mai also like

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

Sibling names for Lily-Mai

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

Common questions about Lily-Mai

How popular is the name Lily-Mai?

In 2025, Lily-Mai was given to 5 babies in England and Wales. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Lily-Mai a girl's or a boy's name?

Lily-Mai is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Lily-Mai most popular?

Lily-Mai peaked in 2011, when 95 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Lily-Mai a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lily-Mai currently ranks #4,276 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.