Liana

What Liana means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Liana yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #525 in 2015 to #385 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Liana?

US: Rising: up from #525 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #656 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 801 girls got the name (#385 that year). First in the US records in 1929.

How common

• About 1 in 2,007 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,689 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,556 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 HI (2.33 per 1,000 girls), CT (1.39 per 1,000 girls), NJ (1.13 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Liana is #385 in the US and #297 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 Liana were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Leona723 US · 52 E&W
• Leanna300 US · 18 E&W
• Lianna216 US · 13 E&W
• Linnea149 US · 8 E&W
• Luana110 US · 27 E&W
• Leana74 US · 8 E&W
• Leiana55 US · 5 E&W
• Leiani50 US

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 Liana

Girls

• Lucia#83Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Renata#481“reborn”^*
• Camilla#361Editor’s note Up from #374 in 2015 to #361 in 2025 in the US
• Estella#509Variant of Estelle, meaning “star”^*

For a brother

• Cassius#582Editor’s note Up from #644 in 2015 to #582 in 2025 in the US
• Roman#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #42 in 2025
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Lucian#462Editor’s note Up from #633 in 2015 to #462 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Liana’s. Rank is US 2025.