UK girl's name
Lilly-May
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Lilly-May is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Lilly-May popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #1406, with 23 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2011, with 217 births.
This profile covers 1,887 England and Wales registrations across 27 recorded years from 1997 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 11% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 1,922 living people in the UK are called Lilly-May. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Lilly-May ranked #1406 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 23 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2011, when 217 girls were registered as Lilly-May.
- • Lilly-May ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #625 in 2022.
- • About 1,922 living people in the UK are estimated to have Lilly-May as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#1406
2024
Births in 2024
23
Latest year
Peak year
2011
217 births
Estimated living
1,922
2026
Popularity
Lilly-May over time
The chart below shows babies named Lilly-May registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1997 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Lilly-May, the clearest high point is 2011. The latest England and Wales figure is 23 births in 2024, compared with 217 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Lilly-May by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Lilly-May was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #1279 | 130 | 5 |
| 2010s | #414 | 1,303 | 10 |
| 2000s | #1249 | 443 | 9 |
| 1990s | #3397 | 11 | 3 |
Geography
Where Lilly-May is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Lilly-May. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Lilly-May ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #625 in 2022.
Across the UK
Lilly-May in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#625 in 2022
10 years of NRS records, 44 total registered
Related
Names similar to Lilly-May
- Lily 72,956
- Lucy 70,663
- Lauren 50,664
- Leah 33,185
- Lola 24,525
- Layla 24,520
- Laura 23,471
- Lilly 21,714
- Lydia 18,353
- Libby 14,515
- Lara 13,415
- Lacey 13,406
FAQ
Lilly-May: questions and answers
How popular is the name Lilly-May in the UK right now?
In 2024, Lilly-May was ranked #1406 for girls in England and Wales, with 23 births registered.
When was Lilly-May most popular?
The peak year on record was 2011, with 217 babies registered as Lilly-May in England and Wales.
How many people are called Lilly-May in the UK?
A total of 1,887 babies have been registered as Lilly-May across the 27 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 44 more in Scotland.
Where is Lilly-May most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Lilly-May ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #625 in 2022. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.