NameTides

Liya

Liya was the #1,341 girls' name in the US in 2025 (165 babies), and #610 in England & Wales and #750 in Canada.

Liya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Liya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Liya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,341 (165)#610 (64)——#750 (39)
2024#1,591 (132)#575 (68)#790 (3)—#775 (38)
2023#1,813 (111)#734 (49)#749 (3)—#698 (40)
2022#1,478 (148)#694 (53)——#599 (47)
2021#1,516 (139)#654 (59)——#1,049 (25)
2020#1,698 (120)#674 (55)——#761 (37)
2019#1,949 (100)#920 (39)——#787 (36)
2018#1,762 (116)#972 (37)——#714 (40)
2017#1,989 (99)#1,002 (36)——#1,090 (23)
2016#1,942 (103)#1,013 (35)#675 (4)—#1,335 (18)
2015#2,138 (89)#923 (39)——#1,312 (18)
2014#2,027 (97)#1,094 (32)—#876 (3)#1,229 (20)
2013#1,744 (118)#1,018 (35)—#747 (4)#822 (33)
2012#1,983 (98)#1,099 (31)—#612 (6)#1,097 (23)
2011#2,026 (96)#1,117 (30)—#937 (3)#1,198 (20)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,341.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1992.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,700 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 9,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Liya is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,900 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Liya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: 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: #1,392PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #814CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,615TXFlorida: #1,325FL
Liya (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#5009
Ontario2024#64419

Liya (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
LiyaCanadaGirls#75039
LiyaEngland & WalesGirls#61064
LiyaIrelandGirls—too few
LiyaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LiyaScotlandGirls—too few
LiyaUSGirls#1,341165