Lilyanne
Feminine · “lily”
Lilyanne is two names written as one: Lily, from the flower, and Anne, from a Hebrew word for grace. Both halves are old and the closing-up is modern.
How old is the name Lilyanne?
Lilyanne first appears in US birth records in 1985 — 40 years ago. The typical Lilyanne alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 1,600 people named Lilyanne are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lilyanne most popular?
Lilyanne peaked in 2010, reaching #1978 nationally. Today it ranks #3577, 1,599 places below that high. See the whole 2010 chart.
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Where it comes from
From lilium to Lilyanne
The story of Lilyanne
Double first names have been given in America for centuries and were traditionally written as two words — Lily Anne, Mary Anne, Sarah Jane. Closing them up is recent and practical: a form offers one field for a first name and discards what will not fit. Lilyanne, Lilianne and Lillyann all appear in current American records, alongside the genuine European Liliana, which is a different name entirely.
Meaning
lily; grace
Lily is from Latin lilium, one of the oldest ornamental plants in the written record. Anne is from Hebrew Hannah, grace or favor, through Greek and Latin Anna. Both halves have settled meanings, which is unusual in a compound.
How the name formed
- lilium
- Lily Anne
- Lilyanne
Related forms: Lily Anne · Lilianne · Liliana
Pronouncing Lilyanne
LIL-ee-an
Three syllables with the main stress on the first. Said as two names run together.
Nicknames for Lilyanne
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
- 1985
- Most girls named
- 2010101 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1978reached in 2010
- Change vs 2024
- −2.3%42 in 2025, from 43
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.
Lilyanne in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lily Anne in English — same name
- Lilianne in French — spelling variant
- Liliana in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Lilyannes among us
people named Lilyanne are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 38,268 born in 2025 was named Lilyanne
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Lilyanne
- #3577
- Lilyanne on the 2025 chart
- #800
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Lilyanne went to 42 girls in 2025, but Lillianne, 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 — 2,777 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 10,045 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 38,268 for Lilyanne 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 Kathrin test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lilyanne's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kathrin climbed just as high around 1952, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kathrin's path sketches the road Lilyanne is walking now.
Lilyanne 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 Lilyanne is headed
Lilyanne 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.
Lilyanne beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lilyanne 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 and long records.
- Lily and Anne both work alone at any age.
- Written as one word, it survives forms that discard a second given name.
- Lillian is a separate and much more common name that sounds nearly identical.
- Systems and teachers will split it back into Lily Anne or write Lillian instead.
- Lily is so widely used that the everyday name will not be distinctive.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lilyannes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,600 people named Lilyanne are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Lilyanne?
- Lilyanne is the most-used spelling in US records — 42 of the 160 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Lillianne, Liliane, Lillyanne, Lilianne and Lilliane.
- How popular is the name Lilyanne in 2025?
- Lilyanne ranks #3577 among US girl names in 2025, with 42 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lilyanne?
- About 1 in every 38,268 US girls born in 2025 was named Lilyanne — 42 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lilyanne with classmates?
- Lilyanne will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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