Lily Name Tracing Worksheet

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No setup is needed — the generator is already loaded with Lily. Pick a tracing style (dotted outlines or solid light gray), choose how tall the letters should be, and set the number of practice lines; the preview redraws as you click. The download is a one-click PDF with no signup and no watermark; print it at 100% scale so the sheet's measurements hold.

What's included in the Lily worksheet

Letters to trace: 4; Capital L + 3 lowercase
SSA popularity, 2025: #18; Girls' names, United States
Tracing difficulty: gentle; Diagonal strokes in y

Tracing Lily is a gentle place to start — it spells out with 3 different letters over 4 positions, and they stay close to the plain lines and curves of early printing. The diagonal strokes in “y” are the trickiest part — slanted lines are usually the last strokes young writers control, so expect extra passes there. Watch the tail on “y”: it drops below the baseline onto the lower guide line. Remind your child to finish “i” with the dot — dots and crosses are added last, after the letter body. Because Lily was the #18 girls' name of 2025, a ready-made Lily tracing sheet like this one sees plenty of classroom use.

How each letter in Lily is formed:

L — One big line down, then turn the corner and draw a bar along the bottom without lifting the pencil. Capital L turns a corner; lowercase l is the simplest letter in the alphabet — a single tall stick with nothing added.
i — A short line from the midline down to the baseline, then a dot floated above it — body first, dot last.
l — One tall straight line from the top line down to the baseline.
y — A short slant down to the baseline, met by a longer slant that keeps going below the line to hang its tail.

Two of Lily's 4 letters stand full height on the guides — “L” and “l”. One letter hangs a tail beneath the baseline, so the sheet's lower guide line sees real use on this name.

At four letters, Lily sits on the short side — 257 names here share that length, and only 60 are shorter. Popularity puts it in the 2025 girls' top 100, ahead of 935 of this site's 953 girls' names.

Lily was the #18 girls' name in the U.S. for 2025, per the Social Security Administration's public-domain baby-names data. Each sheet prints as a single page on US Letter or A4, carrying three-line handwriting guides with a fourth descender line underneath.

Tips for tracing Lily

Open each session with “y” on its own: slanted lines are the strokes children control last, so isolating them first makes Lily feel shorter than it is.
Before starting, trace the tail of “y” with a finger down to the lower guide line — Lily is a name that uses the line below the baseline.
The dot on “i” comes at the very end of Lily: trace every letter body, then go back and dot.
Give Lily its height song: “tall, small, tall, tail”. Chanting the sizes while tracing keeps tall letters tall and small letters small.
Lily fills its lines fast — turn the final line into a challenge round: the neatest Lily of the day.
End every session the same way: one Lily on blank paper, no guides — recall is what turns a traced pattern into a learned one.

Customization options

Font style

Choose dotted outlines while your child is still learning where each stroke goes, and switch to solid light-gray once tracing gets confident — writing over the full letterform is the bridge to copying. The first row always shows Lily solid and dark.

Letter size

Small, medium, or large guide lines. Lily fits at every size — start large for first attempts and step down as pencil control improves.

Number of practice lines

The sheet holds 1 to 12 practice lines under the example row. Start low — three or four lines is plenty for a first session — and add more as sessions get longer.

Frequently asked questions

How many letters are in the name Lily?

Lily has 4 letters: a capital L followed by 3 lowercase letters. Each practice line on this worksheet shows all 4 letters on classic three-line handwriting guides.

How popular is the name Lily?

Lily was the #18 girls' name in the United States for 2025, according to the Social Security Administration's national baby-names data. That popularity is exactly why a ready-made Lily tracing sheet is useful: many classrooms have a Lily learning to write it.

Is Lily an easy name for a child to learn to trace?

Which letters in Lily go below the line?

In Lily, “y” has a tail that drops below the baseline. This worksheet prints a fourth, lower guide line under every row so the tail has a clear landing spot — a detail flat single-line paper misses.

What letter size works best for tracing Lily?

Lily is a short name at 4 letters, so it fits comfortably at every letter size — start with large letters for the easiest first sessions, and even the large size leaves plenty of room on each line.

Can I change how the Lily worksheet looks before printing?

Yes — the generator on this page is live. Switch between dotted and solid light-gray letters, pick small, medium, or large guide lines, and set 1 to 12 practice lines, then download the PDF free with no signup and no watermark. The preview always shows exactly what will print for Lily.