Lillianne
Feminine · “lily”
Lillianne is the longest of the Lillian spellings, and the name's two possible ancestors — a flower and a saint — have been argued over for a century.
How old is the name Lillianne?
Lillianne first appears in US birth records in 1927 — 98 years ago. The typical Lillianne alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 1,300 people named Lillianne are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lillianne most popular?
Lillianne peaked in 2013, reaching #2568 nationally. Today it ranks #4265, 1,697 places below that high. See the whole 2013 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Lillianne
Ours, offered as ours. The lily is one of the few flowers with a fixed job in European art: in every Annunciation the angel carries one, and the convention is old enough that painters could rely on it being read without explanation. Whether Lillian descends from that or from Elizabeth is genuinely unsettled — the early bearers sit suspiciously close to Elizabeths in the parish records. Lillianne with the -anne ending is the most French-looking of the modern spellings and the newest.
Meaningscholars disagree
lily
Lillian is read either as an elaboration of Lily, from Latin lilium, or as a development of a medieval pet form of Elizabeth. The competing accounts are both serious and neither has won.
Pronouncing Lillianne
LIL-ee-an
Three syllables, first stressed. Some families say lil-ee-ANN.
Nicknames for Lillianne
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1927
- Most girls named
- 201369 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2568reached in 2013
- Change vs 2024
- −10.8%33 in 2025, from 37
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lillianne in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lillian in English — spelling variant
- Liliane in French — related form
- Liliana in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Arizona, Texas.
Lilliannes among us
people named Lillianne are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 48,705 born in 2025 was named Lillianne
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Lillianne
- #4265
- Lillianne on the 2025 chart
- #800
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Lillianne went to 33 girls in 2025, but Lilyanne, Liliane and Lillyanne and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 6 spellings went to 160, which makes it the 800th most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,465 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 10,045 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 48,705 for Lillianne itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Elloise test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lillianne's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Elloise climbed just as high around 1934, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Elloise's path sketches the road Lillianne is walking now.
Lillianne sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Lillianne is headed
Lillianne should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Lillianne beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lillianne in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Lilli and Anne are both complete names in their own right.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- The flower behind it is real and easy to explain to a child.
- Lillian is the standard spelling and will be written for her constantly.
- Ten letters is a great deal for early handwriting.
- The origin is genuinely argued between the flower and Elizabeth.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lilliannes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Lillianne are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Lillianne?
- Lillianne is one of 6 recorded spellings. Lilyanne is the more common one — 42 births in 2025 against 33 for Lillianne.
- How popular is the name Lillianne in 2025?
- Lillianne ranks #4265 among US girl names in 2025, with 33 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lillianne?
- About 1 in every 48,705 US girls born in 2025 was named Lillianne — 33 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lillianne with classmates?
- Lillianne will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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