Lily vs Nora

Lily is the more popular girl name in Canada, #12 to #17 in 2023. Nora is the more popular girl name in the United States, #22 to #24 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

LilyNora#1#10#25#50Canada#12 → #17 ↓5United States#24 → #22 ↑2Alberta#11 → #16 ↓5British Columbia#9 → #14 ↓5Ontario#15 → #14 ↑1Quebec#40 → #49 ↓9
PlaceYear Lily Nora Ahead
Canada2023#12#17Lily
United States2024#24#22Nora
Alberta2024#11#16Lily
British Columbia2024#9#14Lily
Ontario2024#15#14Nora
Quebec2024#40#49Lily

Lily and Nora in Canada, 2020–2023

Lily climbed from #14 in 2020 to #12 in 2023 in Canada. Nora climbed from #29 in 2020 to #17 in 2023 in Canada.

#1#50#12 Lily#17 Nora2020202120222023

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Lily and Nora in the United States, 2020–2024

Lily climbed from #35 in 2020 to #24 in 2024 in the United States. Nora climbed from #30 in 2020 to #22 in 2024 in the United States. Lily passed Nora in 2023. Nora passed Lily in 2024.

#1#50#22 Nora#24 Lily20202021202220232024

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How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.