Lya Girl
How popular is Lya?
#2,822 girl name in 2025
60 baby girls were named Lya in the US in 2025, making it the 2822nd most popular girl name.
Lya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,822 for girls (▲ 67 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 60 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+20% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,254 in 2015, #2,890 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (64 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,360 in 1968 |
| First recorded | 1968 |
| 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 |
Lya 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 Lya is most popular
Babies named Lya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Michigan: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Lya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32 | #2,360 |
| 1970s | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1990s | 36 | #9,483 |
| 2000s | 167 | #4,268 |
| 2010s | 399 | #2,681 |
| 2020s | 325 | #2,822 |
Girl names about as popular as Lya
Questions
- Is Lya a boy or girl name?
- Lya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Lya were girls.
- How popular is the name Lya?
- 60 baby girls were named Lya in the US in 2025, making it the 2822nd most popular girl name.
- When was Lya most popular?
- Lya peaked in 2019, when 64 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,360 in 1968.
- How many people are named Lya?
- 971 babies have been named Lya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 963 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Lya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Lya was most common in Arizona, 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.