Liyana Girl
How popular is Liyana?
#1,059 girl name in 2025
232 baby girls were named Liyana in the US in 2025, making it the 1059th most popular girl name.
Liyana popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,059 for girls (▲ 425 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 232 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+209% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,431 in 2015, #1,721 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (232 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,059 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1994 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Liyana counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Liyana family of names ranked #861 for girls in 2025 (#1,194 the year before), with 264 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Liyana | 232 | 88% |
| Liyanna | 19 | 7% |
| Liyanah | 13 | 5% |
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 Liyana is most popular
Babies named Liyana per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.3 per 1,000 (114 girls)
- Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (50 girls)
- Virginia: 0.2 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Michigan: 0.2 per 1,000 (37 girls)
Liyana by decade
Girl names about as popular as Liyana
Questions
- Is Liyana a boy or girl name?
- Liyana is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Liyana were girls.
- How popular is the name Liyana?
- 232 baby girls were named Liyana in the US in 2025, making it the 1059th most popular girl name.
- When was Liyana most popular?
- Liyana peaked in 2025, when 232 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,059 in 2025.
- How many people are named Liyana?
- 1,681 babies have been named Liyana in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,674 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Liyana most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Liyana was most common in New York, 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.