NameTides

Liah

Liah was the #1,318 girls' name in the US in 2025 (169 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales and #2,730 in Canada.

Liah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Liah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Liah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,318 (169)#3,705 (6)—#2,730 (7)
2024#1,341 (170)#4,193 (5)#898 (3)#3,383 (5)
2023#1,330 (170)——#2,900 (6)
2022#1,325 (177)———
2021#1,392 (157)#4,634 (4)—#2,893 (6)
2020#1,518 (140)#5,493 (3)—#2,163 (9)
2019#1,332 (171)——#2,872 (6)
2018#1,271 (181)#4,684 (4)—#2,587 (7)
2017#1,465 (153)#4,063 (5)—#1,901 (11)
2016#1,580 (140)#4,763 (4)—#2,892 (6)
2015#1,758 (119)——#2,363 (8)
2014#2,010 (98)#4,684 (4)—#2,617 (7)
2013#2,173 (86)#4,050 (5)—#2,376 (8)
2012#2,232 (84)#5,876 (3)—#2,601 (7)
2011#2,000 (98)#4,049 (5)#937 (3)#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,325.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1979.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 9,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Liah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,400 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Liah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #980NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,149CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #762TXFlorida: #768FL
Liah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LiahCanadaGirls#2,7307
LiahEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
LiahIrelandGirls—too few
LiahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LiahUSGirls#1,318169