UK girl's name
Lily-Anne
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.
Lily-Anne is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Lily-Anne popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #2574, with 10 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2008, with 35 births.
This profile covers 424 England and Wales registrations across 27 recorded years from 1996 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales, NRS Scotland and NISRA Northern Ireland, 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 29% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 442 living people in the UK are called Lily-Anne. 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
- • Lily-Anne ranked #2574 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 10 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2008, when 35 girls were registered as Lily-Anne.
- • Lily-Anne ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #370 in 2013.
- • About 442 living people in the UK are estimated to have Lily-Anne as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#2574
2024
Births in 2024
10
Latest year
Peak year
2008
35 births
Estimated living
442
2026
Popularity
Lily-Anne over time
The chart below shows babies named Lily-Anne registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 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 Lily-Anne, the clearest high point is 2008. The latest England and Wales figure is 10 births in 2024, compared with 35 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Lily-Anne by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Lily-Anne 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 | #2630 | 47 | 5 |
| 2010s | #1604 | 211 | 10 |
| 2000s | #1666 | 154 | 9 |
| 1990s | #3358 | 12 | 3 |
Geography
Where Lily-Anne is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Lily-Anne. 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.
Lily-Anne ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #370 in 2013.
Across the UK
Lily-Anne in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#798 in 2016
3 years of NRS records, 13 total registered
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#370 in 2013
2 years of NISRA records, 7 total registered
Related
Names similar to Lily-Anne
- 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
Lily-Anne: questions and answers
How popular is the name Lily-Anne in the UK right now?
In 2024, Lily-Anne was ranked #2574 for girls in England and Wales, with 10 births registered.
When was Lily-Anne most popular?
The peak year on record was 2008, with 35 babies registered as Lily-Anne in England and Wales.
How many people are called Lily-Anne in the UK?
A total of 424 babies have been registered as Lily-Anne across the 27 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 13 more in Scotland and 7 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Lily-Anne most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Lily-Anne ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #370 in 2013. 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.