Liana Girl
How popular is Liana?
#385 girl name in 2025
801 baby girls were named Liana in the US in 2025, making it the 385th most popular girl name.
Liana popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #385 for girls (▲ 33 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 801 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+34% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #525 in 2015, #462 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (801 girls) |
| Highest rank | #385 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1929 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Liana counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Liana family of names ranked #240 for girls in 2025 (#257 the year before), with 1,416 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Liana | 801 | 57% |
| Lyanna | 305 | 22% |
| Lianna | 216 | 15% |
| Lyana | 83 | 6% |
| Lianah | 6 | 0% |
| Liahna | 5 | 0% |
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 Liana is most popular
Babies named Liana per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Rhode Island: 1.4 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Connecticut: 1.3 per 1,000 (74 girls)
- New Jersey: 1.1 per 1,000 (198 girls)
- District of Columbia: 1.0 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- New York: 1.0 per 1,000 (378 girls)
Liana by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1940s | 155 | #1,819 |
| 1950s | 367 | #1,504 |
| 1960s | 637 | #1,008 |
| 1970s | 1,130 | #814 |
| 1980s | 1,737 | #737 |
| 1990s | 2,491 | #746 |
| 2000s | 3,802 | #585 |
| 2010s | 6,005 | #463 |
| 2020s | 4,331 | #385 |
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Questions
- Is Liana a boy or girl name?
- Liana is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Liana were girls.
- How popular is the name Liana?
- 801 baby girls were named Liana in the US in 2025, making it the 385th most popular girl name.
- When was Liana most popular?
- Liana peaked in 2025, when 801 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #385 in 2025.
- How many people are named Liana?
- 20,666 babies have been named Liana in the US since 1880. We estimate about 20,242 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Liana most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Liana was most common in Rhode Island, at 1.4 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.