Lyly

Girl · recorded 1985–2007

  • 2007last recorded
  • 1996best year

Most popular in 1996.

Last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Lyly.

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Its story

Popularity since 1985

03619851991199620022007

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 16 recorded years as a table
Lyly, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19853
19863
19884
19894
19903
19914
19934
19945
19955
19966
19973
19986
19993
20003
20043
20074

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lyly isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2007
7
Rank in 2007
#13,924
How rare
1 in 274,659 girls
Since 1985
115

Lyly was last recorded in 2007. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1996, at 6 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Lyly doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.