Is Lily too popular?

Lily is a very popular name, but i still think it's lovely. If popularity bothers you maybe you could spell it Lilly or Lillie. I know three girls called Lily, all spelt different ways (Lily, Lilly, Lillie) so I think they are all real spellings x

That's true but Lily as a name had been around for 100's of years. It's a name that comes in and out of fashion and is used by people from all social groups.
The reason it gets called chavvy is because people considered as 'chavs' will also use the name. God forbid a poor person of l questionable social stature should dare to use the name!

Really hate that term used on the baby names thread, especially about a lovely classic name.

But everyone will have a different opinion on what is a 'lovely' or a 'classic' name.

It's not a chavvy name. It is a popular name that will be used by all social classes but that doesn't make the name chavvy.
Really hate that term used on the baby names thread, especially about a lovely classic name.
I think if you love it use it. It has been popular for a long time and has lost it's shine for me through overuse, but I love the name Sophie which lots of people say has become dull. To me it will always be a beautiful name and I would use it if a friend hadn't got there first despite it's popularity.

I know what the pp means about chavvy. It is very much so where I live too.

I think it's becoming less popular. I'm a secondary school teacher and teach a lot of Lilys, there is one in most of my classes throughout the years. I have two pre schoolers and have never met one in any of their groups.

How long is a piece of string? It's a popular name. For many people that's not a problem, and some even seek out popular names for preference.

Yes there's a chance there might be 4 in her class. Or there might be no others. How much it's a problem is up to you - would you always regret not using your favourite name even if you come across other Lilys? Or would you mostly just be annoyed if she's not the only one in the group?

Other ideas if you decide to look for something else - though some of these are popular too, just not quite as much:

Daisy
Poppy
Lilia
Lilith
Lilias
Rose
Lilac
Violet
Romilly
Lucy

Yes, too popular. May start to sound and feel dated as it falls out if fashion.

It’s still quite popular in my area. It’s a pretty name though.

Yes

It’s such a lovely name. It would be on my list, regardless of its popularity, had my partner’s sister not named her daughter Lillie 🙄

My DD is 20 and there were four Lilys in her year at Secondary, when Lily was not extremely popular.

I helped out in a reception class recently and there was only one Lily. So it really does vary.

To add, DD had a very unknown name, and she ended up in a represented sports team with a girl that had the same name!

Lovely name. I work in a school of 250, there are 6 Lilies, they are inevitably called Lily B or Lily C.
About the same number of Ella or Ellie.

It's beautiful.

I'm a teacher and it's definitely not as popular as 10 years ago, much less common than Poppy etc.

I have a Lily. She's the only one in her school of around 200 pupils. She was born in 2010 when it was a very popular name but we rarely meet another actually.

You could call Your daughter the most obscure name and she could still end up with two in her class. I think forget popularity and just chose a classic name that you love.

I know two called Lily and one Lilly. Also know a Lillian.

I have a Lily in Reception year at primary school . There's one other lily in her year of 120 kids (it's a huge school!)

I'll be honest there are a lot of Lilys around but I find it's just as popular or less popular than some other names. I know lots of Mia's and Emily’s for example.

I think that It's a name that is used across the classes. I think of people who know a 'chavvy' Lily will think it's downmarket. But it's also used by upper classes too. I'm cringing at myself for a discussion about 'classes'

I've always loved the name and would have been regretful if I didn't use it. But also I wish I'd had more girls so I could use more beautiful names

I have a Lily, she's 18 now and we've never come across that many others. If you like the name, then go with it. I agonised about DDs name when she was born b/c I'd read an article saying it was one of the top ten names (2000), but once we'd named her, we never thought any more about it.

Then the only association we had with the name was our DD. She was the only Lily in all her classes throughout school (unlike Indigo which seemed to be the favourite name of our area)

I think it's a pretty name. I know three but they are all age 10 to 13, I don't know any little ones.

Joey it hasn’t declined that much.
It’s still number 10 in the charts and would be number four if alternative spellings were considered.

Even if it is common, it's classic and imo simple and beautiful

Lily was Uber popular about 10 years ago, but has been declining in popularity since then. I don't think it'll be too popular to use now.

Not as popular as it was . Mostly seen as part of a hyphenated name- Lily-Mae/Lily-Rose, and seen as fairly down market in our area. Also Millie and Tilly/Tillie have similarly dropped in status.

It's very popular but a lovely name. How about Lila instead?