UK girl's name
Lily-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.
Lily-May is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Lily-May popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #1491, with 21 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2011, with 211 births.
This profile covers 2,193 England and Wales registrations across 29 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 10% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 2,265 living people in the UK are called Lily-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
- • Lily-May ranked #1491 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 21 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2011, when 211 girls were registered as Lily-May.
- • Lily-May ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #296 in 2017.
- • About 2,265 living people in the UK are estimated to have Lily-May as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#1491
2024
Births in 2024
21
Latest year
Peak year
2011
211 births
Estimated living
2,265
2026
Popularity
Lily-May over time
The chart below shows babies named Lily-May 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-May, the clearest high point is 2011. The latest England and Wales figure is 21 births in 2024, compared with 211 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Lily-May by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Lily-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 | #1019 | 181 | 5 |
| 2010s | #450 | 1,182 | 10 |
| 2000s | #662 | 784 | 10 |
| 1990s | #1617 | 46 | 4 |
Geography
Where Lily-May is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Lily-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.
Lily-May ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #296 in 2017.
Across the UK
Lily-May in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#792 in 2021
12 years of NRS records, 56 total registered
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#296 in 2017
7 years of NISRA records, 27 total registered
Related
Names similar to Lily-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
Lily-May: questions and answers
How popular is the name Lily-May in the UK right now?
In 2024, Lily-May was ranked #1491 for girls in England and Wales, with 21 births registered.
When was Lily-May most popular?
The peak year on record was 2011, with 211 babies registered as Lily-May in England and Wales.
How many people are called Lily-May in the UK?
A total of 2,193 babies have been registered as Lily-May across the 29 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 56 more in Scotland and 27 in Northern Ireland.
Where is Lily-May most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Lily-May ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #296 in 2017. 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.