Liya Girl
How popular is Liya?
#1,341 girl name in 2025
165 baby girls were named Liya in the US in 2025, making it the 1341st most popular girl name.
Liya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,341 for girls (▲ 250 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 165 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+85% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,138 in 2015, #1,698 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (165 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,341 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1992 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Liya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Liya family of names ranked #993 for girls in 2025 (#1,145 the year before), with 203 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Liya | 165 | 81% |
| Liyah | 38 | 19% |
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 Liya is most popular
Babies named Liya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Virginia: 0.3 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (80 girls)
- Maryland: 0.2 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (32 girls)
Liya by decade
Girl names about as popular as Liya
Questions
- Is Liya a boy or girl name?
- Liya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Liya were girls.
- How popular is the name Liya?
- 165 baby girls were named Liya in the US in 2025, making it the 1341st most popular girl name.
- When was Liya most popular?
- Liya peaked in 2025, when 165 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,341 in 2025.
- How many people are named Liya?
- 2,375 babies have been named Liya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,362 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Liya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Liya was most common in Virginia, at 0.3 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.