Liliana

What Liliana means

Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”

form of Lilian || Used since the sixteenth century, possibly originally a pet form of Elizabeth, but generally accepted as a variant of Late Latin lilium (“lily”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Liliana” (revision 93847486) and “Lilian” (revision 94541167), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Liliana?

US: Rising: up from #127 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #169 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 3,118 girls got the name (#78 that year). First in the US records in 1950.

How common

• About 1 in 515 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,111 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,193 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 RI (7.34 per 1,000 girls), NM (6.63 per 1,000 girls), NV (5.87 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Liliana is #78 in the US and #208 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 Liliana were girls.

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

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Lilliana695 US · 36 E&W
• Lilianna300 US · 44 E&W
• Lillianna163 US · 6 E&W
• Leliana15 US
• Liliani13 US
• Leiliana10 US
• Liliany7 US
• Lyliana7 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 Liliana

Girls

• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Stella#52“star”^*
• Arabella#213Editor’s note Steady in the US: #194 in 2015 and #213 in 2025
• Harmony#276From the word “harmony”^*
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025

For a brother

• Lucian#462Editor’s note Up from #633 in 2015 to #462 in 2025 in the US
• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Lucas#10Editor’s note Up from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 170 US boys in the 2025 records
• Julian#25“Roman personal name”^*
• Titus#358“honorable”^*
• Lukas#288“a man from Lucania”^*

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 Liliana’s. Rank is US 2025.