girls' name ★ peaked 2024

Lia

Meaning Lia is a feminine given name Gender Girl Rank 2025 #200 Trend ↑ Rising 32%

Lia is a feminine given name.

Rank 2025
#200
among girls · ↓12 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,526
named Lia · -5% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,053
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2024
1,610 babies
All-time total
28,516
#861 all-time among girls
First recorded
1933
in Social Security records

Lia popularity over time

28,516 babies have been named Lia since 1933, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.380.751.131.518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s 7 – 7 1 – #3,610
1940s 33 – 33 3 +371% #3,544
1950s 273 – 273 27 +727% #1,732
1960s 790 – 790 79 +189% #967
1970s 1,060 – 1,060 106 +34% #859
1980s 1,606 – 1,606 161 +52% #912
1990s 1,948 10 1,958 196 +22% #908
2000s 5,098 – 5,098 510 +160% #370
2010s 9,749 – 9,749 975 +91% #247
2020s (to 2025) 7,937 5 7,942 1,324 +36% #188

Where Lia is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 1,592 0.99 #198
2027 1,650 1.03 #190
2028 1,701 1.06 #181
2029 1,746 1.09 #176
2030 1,785 1.11 #173

Where Lia is most popular

Girls named Lia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.843 per 1,000. Strongest in District of Columbia, New Mexico, and Connecticut.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Lia born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
District of Columbia 26 2.19 +160%
New Mexico 47 1.93 +129%
Connecticut 105 1.80 +114%
New Jersey 308 1.71 +102%
Nevada 77 1.66 +97%
Rhode Island 18 1.44 +71%
Florida 604 1.41 +67%
New York 547 1.38 +64%
California 1,159 1.38 +64%
Texas 1,106 1.38 +63%
Maryland 131 1.24 +47%
Delaware 13 1.15 +36%
Illinois 251 1.10 +30%
Arizona 153 1.09 +29%
Colorado 121 1.08 +29%
Massachusetts 121 1.00 +19%
North Carolina 209 0.918 +9%
Washington 131 0.907 +8%
Georgia 202 0.889 +5%
Arkansas 44 0.833 ≈ national
Oklahoma 60 0.815 ≈ national
Utah 66 0.793 -6%
Nebraska 28 0.779 -8%
Virginia 132 0.774 -8%
Oregon 48 0.737 -13%
Louisiana 64 0.731 -13%
Alabama 67 0.714 -15%
South Carolina 63 0.701 -17%
Hawaii 8 0.698 -17%
Wisconsin 70 0.680 -19%
Indiana 95 0.677 -20%
Iowa 38 0.650 -23%
Tennessee 103 0.650 -23%
Kansas 35 0.607 -28%
Minnesota 63 0.584 -31%
Pennsylvania 128 0.541 -36%
Kentucky 46 0.538 -36%
Mississippi 25 0.534 -37%
Michigan 84 0.461 -45%
Missouri 49 0.407 -52%
Ohio 90 0.379 -55%
Idaho 5 0.149 -82%
Alaska – – –
Maine – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
New Hampshire – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Lia

Lia is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #200 in 2025 with 1,526 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1933, 28,516 American babies have been named Lia. Its peak came in 2024, when 1,610 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Lia stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Lia?

The median living Lia is about 11 years old; half are between 5 and 21. An estimated 28 thousand people named Lia are alive in the United States today.

median 11 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Lia year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 1,526 #200 – –
2024 1,610 #188 – –
2023 1,430 #210 5 #13,390
2022 1,234 #249 – –
2021 1,039 #309 – –
2020 1,098 #291 – –
2019 1,168 #282 – –
2018 1,321 #247 – –
2017 954 #337 – –
2016 989 #335 – –
2015 996 #330 – –
2014 864 #378 – –
2013 811 #383 – –
2012 907 #351 – –
2011 847 #378 – –
2010 892 #356 – –
2009 868 #370 – –
2008 741 #427 – –
2007 590 #529 – –
2006 580 #521 – –
2005 516 #556 – –
2004 447 #615 – –
2003 397 #666 – –
2002 346 #716 – –
2001 313 #765 – –
2000 300 #764 – –
1995 202 #937 – –
1990 198 #953 – –
1985 168 #936 – –
1980 134 #1,061 – –
1975 89 #1,260 – –
1970 108 #1,097 – –
1965 103 #1,029 – –
1960 44 #1,712 – –
1955 36 #1,758 – –
1950 13 #2,979 – –
1945 8 #3,544 – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Lia

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Lia Manoliu Lia Manoliu Romanian discus thrower 1932–1998 · Contemporary
  2. 2 Lia Quartapelle Lia Quartapelle Italian politician (born 1982) Contemporary
  3. 3 Lia van Leer Lia van Leer Israeli arts administrator and film archivist (1924–2015) Contemporary
  4. 4 Lia Name list b. 1981 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Lia, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Lia?

The median living Lia is about 11 years old. Half of all living Lias are between 5 and 21 years old.

How many people named Lia are alive today?

An estimated 28 thousand people named Lia are alive in the United States, based on 28,516 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Lia mean?

Lia is a feminine given name.

How popular is the name Lia in 2025?

Lia ranked #200 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,526 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Lia?

28,516 babies have been named Lia in the United States since 1933, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Lia most popular?

Lia peaked in 2024, when 1,610 newborns received the name.

Is Lia a boy or girl name?

Lia is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Lia rising or falling?

Lia is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Lia become more popular?

Lia is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,785 girls named Lia in 2030, which would rank around #173. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Lia?

Well-known people named Lia include Lia Manoliu (athlete), Lia Quartapelle (politician), Lia van Leer (designer).

Names like Lia

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