girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Liana

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #386 Trend ↑ Rising 14%

A female given name from Latin, derived from Juliana or Eliana

Rank 2025
#386
among girls · ↑32 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
801
named Liana · +7% vs 2024
How common
1 in 2,007
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
801 babies
All-time total
20,666
#1,046 all-time among girls
First recorded
1929
in Social Security records

Liana popularity over time

20,666 babies have been named Liana since 1929, 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
0.190.380.560.7518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Girls

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 Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s 6 1 – #4,354
1930s 5 1 -17% #4,590
1940s 155 16 +3000% #1,838
1950s 367 37 +137% #1,514
1960s 637 64 +74% #1,010
1970s 1,130 113 +77% #816
1980s 1,737 174 +54% #738
1990s 2,491 249 +43% #748
2000s 3,802 380 +53% #585
2010s 6,005 601 +58% #463
2020s (to 2025) 4,331 722 +20% #386

Where Liana 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 821 0.51 #375
2027 838 0.52 #364
2028 853 0.53 #355
2029 866 0.54 #354
2030 877 0.55 #347

Where Liana is most popular

Girls named Liana per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.451 per 1,000. Strongest in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Jersey.

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 Liana 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
Rhode Island 17 1.36 +201%
Connecticut 74 1.27 +182%
New Jersey 198 1.10 +143%
District of Columbia 12 1.01 +124%
New York 378 0.955 +111%
Massachusetts 98 0.811 +80%
Washington 108 0.748 +66%
California 603 0.717 +59%
Florida 301 0.703 +56%
Maryland 74 0.698 +55%
Virginia 106 0.622 +38%
Nevada 27 0.581 +29%
Oregon 37 0.568 +26%
Michigan 101 0.554 +23%
Illinois 125 0.546 +21%
Pennsylvania 116 0.491 +9%
Minnesota 50 0.463 ≈ national
Arizona 64 0.456 ≈ national
South Carolina 41 0.456 ≈ national
Texas 352 0.438 ≈ national
Hawaii 5 0.436 ≈ national
Georgia 96 0.423 -6%
North Carolina 95 0.417 -8%
Colorado 45 0.403 -11%
Wisconsin 35 0.340 -25%
Ohio 77 0.325 -28%
Missouri 39 0.324 -28%
Tennessee 36 0.227 -50%
Kansas 13 0.225 -50%
Louisiana 19 0.217 -52%
Utah 18 0.216 -52%
New Mexico 5 0.206 -54%
Kentucky 17 0.199 -56%
Alabama 18 0.192 -58%
Iowa 11 0.188 -58%
Indiana 26 0.185 -59%
Nebraska 6 0.167 -63%
Oklahoma 5 0.068 -85%
Alaska – – –
Arkansas – – –
Delaware – – –
Idaho – – –
Maine – – –
Mississippi – – –
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 Liana

Liana is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #386 in 2025 with 801 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1929, 20,666 American babies have been named Liana. Its peak came in 2025, when 801 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 Liana stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Liana?

The median living Liana is about 15 years old; half are between 7 and 30. An estimated 20 thousand people named Liana are alive in the United States today.

median 15 020406080100

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

Liana year by year

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

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 801 #386
2024 748 #418
2023 640 #481
2022 699 #451
2021 774 #410
2020 669 #462
2019 670 #467
2018 646 #487
2017 628 #501
2016 684 #466
2015 597 #528
2014 523 #581
2013 514 #565
2012 545 #545
2011 644 #463
2010 554 #526
2009 520 #585
2008 513 #599
2007 428 #685
2006 391 #721
2005 383 #714
2004 370 #722
2003 350 #731
2002 313 #771
2001 253 #898
2000 281 #810
1995 249 #799
1990 251 #801
1985 145 #1,037
1980 147 #999
1975 103 #1,133
1970 85 #1,281
1965 49 #1,610
1960 36 #1,909
1955 28 #2,047
1950 25 #1,939
1945 11 #2,849
1940 13 #2,369
1935 5 #4,590
1930 – –
1925 – –
1920 – –
1915 – –
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Liana

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

  1. 1 Liana Liberato Liana Liberato American actress (born 1995) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

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

How old is the average Liana?

The median living Liana is about 15 years old. Half of all living Lianas are between 7 and 30 years old.

How many people named Liana are alive today?

An estimated 20 thousand people named Liana are alive in the United States, based on 20,666 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Liana mean?

A female given name from Latin, derived from Juliana or Eliana

How popular is the name Liana in 2025?

Liana ranked #386 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 801 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Liana?

20,666 babies have been named Liana in the United States since 1929, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Liana most popular?

Liana peaked in 2025, when 801 newborns received the name.

Is Liana a boy or girl name?

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

Is the name Liana rising or falling?

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

Will Liana become more popular?

Liana is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 877 girls named Liana in 2030, which would rank around #347. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Liana?

Well-known people named Liana include Liana Liberato (actor).

Names like Liana

Names that sound and feel close to Liana: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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