How Many People Are Named Lily Estes?
There are approximately 20 people named Lily Estes living in the United States today. That makes this name combination rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 17,137,717 Americans.
This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Lily with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Estes. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.
Estimated People with This Name
20
1 in 17,137,717 Americans
Combination Rarity
Rare
First Name
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Last Name
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Lily: Popularity Over Time
Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Lily. The peak year was 2011 with 8,199 births. The average person named Lily today is 16 years old.
Ancestry of the First Name Lily
In the 2020 Census, the first name Lily was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (69.10%). The next largest recorded groups were Hispanic (12.70%) and Asian and Pacific Islander (9.83%).
These percentages describe the people who had the first name Lily in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.
Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Lily rose or fell over time.
Ancestry of the Estes Surname
The surname Estes was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.
This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Estes in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.
How we calculated this
The first name "Lily" has an estimated frequency of 0.0492% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.
The surname "Estes" appears at a rate of 11.62 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.
We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Lily are likely to be alive now.
Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 20 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.
Other people named Lily
Other people with the surname Estes
Lily Estes: Questions and Answers
How many people are named Lily Estes?
We estimate approximately 20 people named Lily Estes are alive in the United States today. The first name Lily is shared by 168,479 Americans, and the surname Estes is shared by 39,825.
How rare is the name Lily Estes?
This name combination is classified as Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 17,137,717 Americans. The first name Lily is common and the surname Estes is uncommon.
Is Lily a male or female name?
Lily is predominantly female, with 0.1% of bearers being male and 99.9% female. It peaked in popularity in 2011 and the average bearer today is 16 years old.
What does the Census say about the first name Lily?
In the 2020 Census, the first name Lily was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (69.10%). The next largest recorded groups were Hispanic (12.70%) and Asian and Pacific Islander (9.83%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.
Where does this data come from?
First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.
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