NameTides

Lia

Lia was the #200 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,526 babies), and #434 in England & Wales and #265 in Canada.

Lia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Lia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSCanadaScotlandEngland & Wales
Lia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#200 (1,526)#434 (93)#387 (8)—#196 (22)#265 (118)
2024#188 (1,610)#491 (81)#384 (8)—#372 (10)#260 (115)
2023#210 (1,430)#366 (114)#281 (13)#391 (3)#212 (20)#232 (123)
2022#248 (1,234)#442 (96)#418 (7)#354 (4)#203 (23)#236 (123)
2021#308 (1,039)#383 (118)#339 (10)#266 (6)#177 (27)#301 (109)
2020#291 (1,098)#399 (108)#370 (9)—#220 (20)#223 (134)
2019#282 (1,168)#439 (96)#376 (9)—#235 (20)#270 (120)
2018#247 (1,321)#507 (84)#415 (8)—#299 (15)#219 (139)
2017#337 (954)#391 (114)#275 (14)#432 (3)#289 (16)#226 (137)
2016#335 (989)#553 (76)#453 (7)—#247 (19)#291 (114)
2015#328 (996)#564 (77)#361 (10)—#316 (15)#296 (113)
2014#378 (864)#468 (92)#323 (12)—#274 (18)#354 (96)
2013#383 (811)#561 (73)#344 (11)—#340 (14)#300 (109)
2012#351 (907)#663 (62)#370 (10)—#317 (16)#271 (122)
2011#378 (847)#502 (84)#300 (13)—#215 (25)#319 (104)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #188.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1933.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 960common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lia is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 870 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 740 to 1 in 1,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #391WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #301WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #165ILMichigan: #519MINew York: #134NYMassachusetts: #273MAOregon: #243ORNevada: #150NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #301IAIndiana: #292INOhio: #562OHPennsylvania: #386PANew Jersey: #102NJConnecticut: #192CTRhode Island: #180RICalifornia: #118CAUtah: #408UTColorado: #179CONebraska: #296NEMissouri: #516MOKentucky: #405KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #272VAMaryland: #136MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #199AZNew Mexico: #100NMKansas: #256KSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #364TNNorth Carolina: #255NCSouth Carolina: #311SCDistrict of Columbia: #150DCOklahoma: #296OKLouisiana: #477LAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #201ALGeorgia: #175GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #132TXFlorida: #122FL
Lia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#17133
Ontario2024#21955

Lia (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LiaCanadaGirls#265118
LiaEngland & WalesGirls#43493
LiaIrelandGirls#19622
LíaIrelandGirls—too few
LiaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LiaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
LiaScotlandGirls#3878
LiaUSGirls#2001,526
LiaUSBoys—too few