Will my child share the name Lili with classmates?

Unlikely. With around 72 UK babies named Lili per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Lili in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.

Is Lili becoming more or less popular in the UK?

Lili has been fairly steady, ranked #551 in 2025 against #559 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #351 in 2004.

Is Lili a good choice for a distinctive name?

Lili is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.

Is Lili a popular baby name in the United States?

Lili does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice.

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Lili is a distinctive choice, ranked #551 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Lili in their class.

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UK Rank 2025

#551

About the Name Lili

Lili is steadily gaining in popularity, up 62 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #351 in 2004, and it currently sits at #497. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.

Lili is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Lili in their class.

⭐ Famous People Named Lili

Lili Jones — Lili Mai Jones is a Welsh footballer who plays for Wrexham in the Adran Premier League.
Lili Elbe — Lili Ilse Elvenes, better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish painter, transgender woman, and one of the earliest recipients of gender-affirming surgery (then called sex reassignment surgery).
Lili Bita — Lili Bita, or Lili Bita Zaller, was a Greek-American author, poet, translator, artist and drama teacher.

Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about the name Lili

UK babies named Lili (2025)

< 1

Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)

~0.0

In a school of 600

↑ 8 places

Rank change (last 5 years)

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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Lili

Almost certainly the only Lili in the class

UK Popularity (1996–2025)

Rank and birth count · ONS official data

No US data available for this name

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Famous People Named Lili

Notable people who share this name, from history to the present day. See full list on Wikipedia

Lili Jonesb. 2005

Lili Mai Jones is a Welsh footballer who plays for Wrexham in the Adran Premier League.

Lili Elbe

Lili Ilse Elvenes, better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish painter, transgender woman, and one of the earliest recipients of gender-affirming surgery (then called sex reassignment surgery).

Lili Bita

Lili Bita, or Lili Bita Zaller, was a Greek-American author, poet, translator, artist and drama teacher.

Lili Halpern-Neuda

Lili Nent Halpern-Neuda was a poet and a writer an Austrian Jewish woman who was murdered in the Holocaust.