NameTides

Lya

Lya was the #2,822 girls' name in the US in 2025 (60 babies), and #834 in Canada.

Lya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Lya 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Lya 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,822 (60)—#834 (34)
2024#2,889 (57)#5,892 (3)#896 (31)
2023#3,014 (55)#2,689 (9)#714 (39)
2022#3,595 (43)#3,534 (6)#1,017 (25)
2021#3,037 (54)#4,634 (4)#1,025 (26)
2020#2,890 (56)#3,899 (5)#901 (30)
2019#2,681 (64)#4,001 (5)#947 (28)
2018#3,677 (41)#4,684 (4)#714 (40)
2017#3,697 (41)#3,229 (7)#857 (32)
2016#3,411 (46)#4,763 (4)#811 (34)
2015#3,254 (50)#5,730 (3)#864 (31)
2014#4,003 (37)#5,691 (3)#972 (27)
2013#5,644 (23)#5,742 (3)#724 (39)
2012#4,047 (37)#4,171 (5)#1,055 (24)
2011#4,466 (32)#4,049 (5)#2,156 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #2,681.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1968.

How common is it?

about 1 in 27,000 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 27,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lya is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 26,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 33,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lya 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: 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: #2,487CAUtah: 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: #1,790TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Lya (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#27920

Lya (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
LyaCanadaGirls#83434
LyaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
LyaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LyaUSGirls#2,82260