Liyah Girl
How popular is Liyah?
#3,831 girl name in 2025
38 baby girls were named Liyah in the US in 2025, making it the 3831st most popular girl name.
Liyah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,831 for girls (▲ 207 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 38 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-60% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,039 in 2015, #2,779 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2005 (120 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,656 in 2005 |
| First recorded | 1994 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Liyah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Liya family of names ranked #993 for girls in 2025 (#1,145 the year before), with 203 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Liya | 165 | 81% |
| Liyah | 38 | 19% |
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 Liyah is most popular
Babies named Liyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Virginia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (23 girls)
Liyah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Liyah
Questions
- Is Liyah a boy or girl name?
- Liyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Liyah were girls.
- How popular is the name Liyah?
- 38 baby girls were named Liyah in the US in 2025, making it the 3831st most popular girl name.
- When was Liyah most popular?
- Liyah peaked in 2005, when 120 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,656 in 2005.
- How many people are named Liyah?
- 2,200 babies have been named Liyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,184 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Liyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Liyah was most common in Florida, at 0.1 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.