Liel Boy & girl

How popular is Liel?

#4,877 girl name in 2025

27 baby girls were named Liel in the US in 2025, making it the 4877th most popular girl name. Another 9 boys got the name (#8,239 for boys).

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560living people named Liel (est.)
9median age of people named Liel
563babies named Liel since 1880
1 in 92,093US babies born in 2025

Liel popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#4,877 for girls (▼ 671 from 2024)
Babies in 202527 girls, 9 boys
10-year trendRising fast (+59% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#6,974 in 2015, #4,878 in 2020
Peak year2022 (35 girls)
Highest rank#4,106 in 2022
First recorded2002
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)26% boys, 74% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Liel counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lielle family of names ranked #1,531 for girls in 2025 (#1,623 the year before), with 101 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Lielle 74 73%
Liel 27 27%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Liel is most popular

Babies named Liel per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (56 girls)
  2. Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (14 girls)
  3. California: 0.0 per 1,000 (25 girls)

Liel by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
2000s101#5,535
2010s186#5,781
2020s165#4,106

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Questions

Is Liel a boy or girl name?
Liel is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 26% of babies named Liel were boys and 74% were girls.
How popular is the name Liel?
27 baby girls were named Liel in the US in 2025, making it the 4877th most popular girl name. Another 9 boys got the name (#8,239 for boys).
When was Liel most popular?
Liel peaked in 2022, when 35 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #4,106 in 2022.
How many people are named Liel?
563 babies have been named Liel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 560 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
Where is Liel most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Liel was most common in New York, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.