Liyana

What Liyana means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,431 in 2015, #1,059 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Liyana?

US: Rising: up from #2431 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #406 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 232 girls got the name (#1059 that year). First in the US records in 1994.

How common

• About 1 in 6,928 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 596 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,988 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 MD (0.65 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.47 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.37 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Liyana is #1059 in the US and #111 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 Liyana were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Lyanna305 US · 18 E&W
• Lyana83 US · 15 E&W
• Layana64 US · 13 E&W
• Liyanah13 US · 36 E&W
• Leyana26 US · 16 E&W
• Layani33 US · 4 E&W
• Layanna33 US
• Liyanna19 US · 11 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 Liyana

Girls

• Scarlett#32Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US
• Ruby#64Editor’s note Up from #83 in 2015 to #64 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 450 US girls in the 2025 records
• Paisley#67“pasture”^*
• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025
• Evangeline#147“good news”^*
• Violet#13From the word “violet”^*

For a brother

• Charlie#145Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #22 vs #145 in 2025
• Ace#164Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #419 in 2015, #164 in 2025
• Cash#287Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #287 vs #2,014 in 2025
• 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
• Kash#286Editor’s note Up from #382 in 2015 to #286 in 2025 in the US
• Ryder#132From a surname for “a rider, cavalryman, or knight”^*

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 Liyana’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.