Lia Girl
How popular is Lia?
#200 girl name in 2025
1,526 baby girls were named Lia in the US in 2025, making it the 200th most popular girl name.
Lia popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #200 for girls (▼ 12 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,526 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+53% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #328 in 2015, #291 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (1,610 girls) |
| Highest rank | #188 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1933 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Lia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Lia family of names ranked #193 for girls in 2025 (#184 the year before), with 1,768 babies in all.
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 Lia is most popular
Babies named Lia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 2.2 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- New Mexico: 1.9 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- Connecticut: 1.8 per 1,000 (105 girls)
- New Jersey: 1.7 per 1,000 (308 girls)
- Nevada: 1.7 per 1,000 (77 girls)
Lia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1940s | 33 | #3,386 |
| 1950s | 273 | #1,719 |
| 1960s | 790 | #966 |
| 1970s | 1,060 | #859 |
| 1980s | 1,606 | #905 |
| 1990s | 1,948 | #903 |
| 2000s | 5,098 | #370 |
| 2010s | 9,749 | #247 |
| 2020s | 7,937 | #188 |
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Questions
- Is Lia a boy or girl name?
- Lia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lia were girls.
- How popular is the name Lia?
- 1,526 baby girls were named Lia in the US in 2025, making it the 200th most popular girl name.
- When was Lia most popular?
- Lia peaked in 2024, when 1,610 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #188 in 2024.
- How many people are named Lia?
- 28,516 babies have been named Lia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 28,123 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Lia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lia was most common in District of Columbia, at 2.2 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.