NameTides

Liyah

Liyah was the #3,832 girls' name in the US in 2025 (38 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Liyah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Liyah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Liyah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, 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 & WalesCanada
2025#3,832 (38)#3,705 (6)#3,044 (6)
2024#4,039 (36)#2,254 (12)—
2023#3,329 (48)#1,863 (15)#2,900 (6)
2022#2,928 (57)#2,325 (11)#3,228 (5)
2021#2,416 (74)#2,711 (9)#1,522 (15)
2020#2,779 (59)#2,615 (9)#2,873 (6)
2019#2,538 (69)#2,458 (10)#3,266 (5)
2018#2,179 (86)—#2,151 (9)
2017#2,144 (89)#2,341 (11)#1,901 (11)
2016#2,594 (68)—#3,294 (5)
2015#2,039 (96)#2,705 (9)#2,891 (6)
2014#2,027 (97)#4,003 (5)#3,316 (5)
2013#1,977 (99)#4,739 (4)—
2012#1,791 (114)——
2011#2,156 (88)#3,185 (7)#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #1,657.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1994.

How common is it?

about 1 in 42,000 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 42,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Liyah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 56,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 45,000 to 1 in 69,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Liyah 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #3,285TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Liyah (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
LiyahCanadaGirls#3,0446
LiyahEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
LiyahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LiyahUSGirls#3,83238