Lia

What Lia means

Latin, meaning “cow”

Latin Līa Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λείᾱ (Leíā), from Biblical Hebrew לֵאָה (Le'a, “cow”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Lia” (revision 93542913), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Lia?

US: Rising: up from #328 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #564 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 1,610 girls got the name (#188 that year). First in the US records in 1933.

How common

• About 1 in 1,053 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,723 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,236 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (2.78 per 1,000 girls), DC (2.48 per 1,000 girls), RI (2.04 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Lia is #200 in the US and #434 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Lia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Leah3,880 US · 273 E&W
• Leia1,033 US · 95 E&W
• Lea321 US · 63 E&W
• Liah169 US · 6 E&W
• Lua90 US · 20 E&W
• Laia85 US · 5 E&W
• Leiah33 US
• Leo23 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Lia

Girls

• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Violet#13From the word “violet”^*
• Luciana#273Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #273 vs #1,809 in 2025
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Eden#70possibly “steppe, garden”^*

For a brother

• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
• Milo#119Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025
• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Archer#98Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #289 in 2015, #98 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Lia’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.