Lillyann
Feminine · “lily”
Lillyann is two names written as one: Lilly, from the flower, and Ann, from a Hebrew word for grace. Closing a double name into a single word is a modern American habit.
How old is the name Lillyann?
Lillyann first appears in US birth records in 1988 — 37 years ago. The typical Lillyann alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 2,500 people named Lillyann are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lillyann most popular?
Lillyann peaked in 2011, reaching #1292 nationally. Today it ranks #3459, 2,167 places below that high. See the whole 2011 chart.
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Where it comes from
From lilium to Lillyann
The story of Lillyann
Double first names have been given in America for centuries — Mary Ann, Sarah Jane, Lily Ann — and were traditionally written as two words. The habit of closing them up is recent and practical: forms offer one field for a first name and discard whatever will not fit. Lillyann, Lilyanne and Lilliana all appear in current American records, and the last is a genuine European name rather than a compound.
Meaning
lily; grace
Lily is from Latin lilium, the flower, one of the oldest ornamental plants in the written record. Ann is from Hebrew Hannah, grace or favor, through Greek and Latin Anna. Both halves have settled meanings, which is unusual for a compound.
How the name formed
- lilium
- Lily Ann
- Lillyann
Related forms: Lily Ann · Liliana · Liliana
Pronouncing Lillyann
LIL-ee-an
Three syllables with the main stress on the first. Said as two names run together.
Nicknames for Lillyann
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
- 1988
- Most girls named
- 2011182 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1292reached in 2011
- Change vs 2024
- −12.0%44 in 2025, from 50
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.
Lillyann in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lily Ann in English — same name
- Liliana in Italian — related form
- Liliana in Spanish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Ohio.
Lillyanns among us
people named Lillyann are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 36,529 born in 2025 was named Lillyann
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Lillyann
- #3459
- Lillyann on the 2025 chart
- #50
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Lillyann went to 44 girls in 2025, but Lillian, Lilian and Lilyann and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 10 spellings went to 4,748, which makes it the 50th most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,409 places above the chart.
and 4 rarer spellings.
About 1 girl in 339 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 36,529 for Lillyann 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 Chanell test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lillyann's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Chanell climbed just as high around 1988, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Chanell's path sketches the road Lillyann is walking now.
Lillyann 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 Lillyann is headed
Lillyann is easing off slowly — about 16% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
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.
Lillyann beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lillyann in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Both halves are complete names with settled meanings, which is rare in a compound.
- Lilly and Ann both work alone at any age.
- Written as one word, it survives forms that discard a second given name.
- Systems and teachers will split it back into Lilly Ann or write Lillian instead.
- Lillian is a separate and much more common name that sounds nearly identical.
- Nine letters in one field is awkward and the capital A is usually lost.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lillyanns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,500 people named Lillyann are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Lillyann?
- Lillyann is one of 6 recorded spellings. Lillian is the more common one — 3,966 births in 2025 against 44 for Lillyann.
- How popular is the name Lillyann in 2025?
- Lillyann ranks #3459 among US girl names in 2025, with 44 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lillyann?
- About 1 in every 36,529 US girls born in 2025 was named Lillyann — 44 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lillyann with classmates?
- Lillyann will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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