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Girl name

Lyly

100% girls · last recorded 2007

Lyly has been given to about 115 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1996, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation—
Nicknames—
Living in the US≈ 113
Median age today31 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Lyly per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1996 · 10
  • Born in 20250
  • All time115

How popular is Lyly?

Its best year was 1996, when 10 babies were given the name, ranking 8565th. The typical living American called Lyly is about 31 years old today.

Names that sound like Lyly

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Lily0.80
  2. Lilly0.77
  3. Lyla0.56
  4. Lesly0.55
  5. Lynn0.53
  6. Libby0.53
  7. Emily0.51
  8. Lila0.51

Middle names for Lyly

Ranked by flow score
  1. Lyly Anne0.78
  2. Lyly Eve0.77
  3. Lyly Elizabeth0.75
  4. Lyly Catherine0.75
  5. Lyly Josephine0.75
  6. Lyly Rose0.74

Sibling names for Lyly

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Dariusbrother · 0.58
  2. Kaylasister · 0.57
  3. Codybrother · 0.57
  4. Kianasister · 0.57
  5. Karinasister · 0.57
  6. Zacharybrother · 0.57

Where Lyly is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Lyly Anderson0.74
    2. Lyly White0.69
    3. Lyly Reyes0.69
    4. Lyly Nguyen0.69
    5. Lyly Moore0.69
    6. Lyly Hill0.69

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Lyly

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. Scotland1974–2020
    3. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.