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How popular is the name Lily-May?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lily-Mays are alive today.
Lily-May (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Lily-Mae in England and Wales, ranked 1809th in 2025 and given to 16 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2011, when 211 babies were given the name, the 237th most popular that year. It has declined since 2011; the 2025 figure is roughly 8% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Lily-Mae you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Lily-Maes born in England and Wales are between 10 and 17, and there are at least 10,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 3.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Lily-Mae.
How many babies are named Lily-May each year?
Includes all spellings: Lily-May, Lili-Mae, Lilli-Mae, Lillie-Mae, Lillie-May, Lilly-Mae, Lilly-May, Lily-Mae. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Lily-May spelling rank?
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Where does the Lillie-Mae spelling rank?
Where does the Lillie-May spelling rank?
Where does the Lilly-Mae spelling rank?
Where does the Lilly-May spelling rank?
Where does the Lily-Mae spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Lily-May most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Lily-Mae, peaked in 2011, when 1,037 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Lily-May spelling itself peaked in 2011, with 211 babies.
How many people are called Lily-May?
At least 10,000 people named Lily-May in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Lily-May?
Most living Lily-Mays are between 10 and 17; the most common age is about 15.
Is Lily-May becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2011 peak.