Declining since 2014, #14,942 for girls today.
Popularity of Lilleigh since 2005
Babies named Lilleigh per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2000s | 35 |
| 2010s | 119 |
| 2020s | 21 |
Meaning & origin
Lilleigh first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2005 and reached its peak rank of 14,942 in 2011, after which its usage began a steady decline starting in 2014. The name is a respelling of the classic flower name Lily, substituting the suffix -leigh which was a trendy phonetic variation in the early 2000s. Unlike many nature names, Lilleigh has never been among the top 1,000 names, but it has been consistently used by a small number of parents each year, with roughly 1 in every 321,453 newborns receiving the name in 2023. The name is geographically diffuse across the United States, with no single state showing a dominant concentration.
Lilleigh is a modern respelling of Lily, which comes from the Latin lilium, the name of the white flower. The flower has long been a Christian symbol of purity, and the name became popular in the English-speaking world in the 19th century. The -leigh suffix is a trendy variation that began appearing in the early 2000s.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Lil, Lilly, Lee
Sibling names for Lilleigh
Names that share Lilleigh's style, for a brother or sister.
