girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Liliana

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #78 Trend ↑ Rising 17%

A female given name from Latin, a Latinate form of Lilian, or borrowed from Italian or Spanish.

Rank 2025
#78
among girls · ↑2 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
3,118
named Liliana · +3% vs 2024
How common
1 in 515
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
3,118 babies
All-time total
75,146
#461 all-time among girls
First recorded
1950
in Social Security records

Liliana popularity over time

75,146 babies have been named Liliana since 1950, 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
0.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
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 – – – – – –
1940s – – – – – –
1950s 77 – 77 8 – #3,484
1960s 331 – 331 33 +330% #1,492
1970s 1,633 5 1,638 164 +395% #704
1980s 3,962 72 4,034 403 +146% #460
1990s 8,102 58 8,160 816 +102% #306
2000s 17,620 21 17,641 1,764 +116% #120
2010s 26,441 – 26,441 2,644 +50% #109
2020s (to 2025) 16,824 – 16,824 2,804 +6% #78

Where Liliana 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 3,199 1.99 #76
2027 3,270 2.03 #74
2028 3,331 2.07 #74
2029 3,384 2.11 #70
2030 3,430 2.13 #69

Where Liliana is most popular

Girls named Liliana per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 1.77 per 1,000. Strongest in Rhode Island, New Mexico, and Hawaii.

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 Liliana 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 69 5.51 +212%
New Mexico 130 5.35 +202%
Hawaii 57 4.97 +181%
Delaware 51 4.50 +154%
Nevada 179 3.85 +118%
New Hampshire 67 3.63 +105%
Connecticut 209 3.59 +103%
Arizona 434 3.09 +75%
New Jersey 541 3.00 +70%
Illinois 660 2.88 +63%
California 2,310 2.75 +55%
Colorado 284 2.54 +44%
Nebraska 91 2.53 +43%
Washington 354 2.45 +39%
Alaska 21 2.44 +38%
Massachusetts 291 2.41 +36%
Texas 1,878 2.33 +32%
Oregon 151 2.32 +31%
North Dakota 30 2.28 +29%
Idaho 74 2.21 +25%
Michigan 402 2.21 +25%
New York 846 2.14 +21%
Virginia 341 2.00 +13%
Pennsylvania 470 1.99 +12%
Iowa 116 1.99 +12%
Florida 840 1.96 +11%
Maine 30 1.94 +10%
Maryland 205 1.93 +9%
Wisconsin 196 1.90 +8%
District of Columbia 22 1.86 +5%
North Carolina 412 1.81 ≈ national
Indiana 252 1.79 ≈ national
Kansas 102 1.77 ≈ national
Oklahoma 127 1.73 ≈ national
South Dakota 24 1.68 -5%
Utah 138 1.66 -6%
South Carolina 149 1.66 -6%
West Virginia 43 1.64 -7%
Ohio 381 1.61 -9%
Minnesota 172 1.59 -10%
Georgia 329 1.45 -18%
Arkansas 75 1.42 -20%
Tennessee 207 1.31 -26%
Kentucky 108 1.26 -29%
Alabama 117 1.25 -30%
Missouri 149 1.24 -30%
Louisiana 101 1.15 -35%
Mississippi 52 1.11 -37%
Montana 10 0.739 -58%
Vermont – – –
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 Liliana

Liliana is a top-100 name for girls in the United States, ranked #78 in 2025 with 3,118 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1950, 75,146 American babies have been named Liliana. Its peak came in 2025, when 3,118 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 Liliana stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Liliana?

The median living Liliana is about 13 years old; half are between 6 and 22. An estimated 74 thousand people named Liliana are alive in the United States today.

median 13 020406080100

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

Liliana 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 3,118 #78 – –
2024 3,022 #80 – –
2023 2,807 #88 – –
2022 2,789 #97 – –
2021 2,609 #104 – –
2020 2,479 #110 – –
2019 2,603 #109 – –
2018 2,798 #109 – –
2017 2,765 #109 – –
2016 2,645 #123 – –
2015 2,566 #127 – –
2014 2,640 #119 – –
2013 2,618 #124 – –
2012 2,623 #117 – –
2011 2,664 #115 – –
2010 2,519 #124 – –
2009 2,653 #120 – –
2008 2,296 #150 – –
2007 2,321 #151 5 #13,603
2006 2,271 #151 – –
2005 1,797 #191 6 #10,942
2004 1,519 #223 5 #12,468
2003 1,346 #244 – –
2002 1,211 #259 – –
2001 1,141 #277 – –
2000 1,065 #300 5 #11,477
1995 802 #332 – –
1990 721 #368 13 #4,309
1985 390 #516 8 #4,981
1980 285 #640 – –
1975 177 #791 – –
1970 116 #1,056 – –
1965 33 #2,049 – –
1960 19 #2,869 – –
1955 12 #3,484 – –
1950 6 #5,038 – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Liliana

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

  1. 1 Liliana Cavani Liliana Cavani Italian film director and screenwriter (born 1933) Contemporary
  2. 2 Liliana Segre Liliana Segre Italian Holocaust survivor and senator for life (born 1930) Contemporary
  3. 3 Liliana Gafencu Romanian rower (born 1975) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

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

How old is the average Liliana?

The median living Liliana is about 13 years old. Half of all living Lilianas are between 6 and 22 years old.

How many people named Liliana are alive today?

An estimated 74 thousand people named Liliana are alive in the United States, based on 75,146 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Liliana mean?

A female given name from Latin, a Latinate form of Lilian, or borrowed from Italian or Spanish.

How popular is the name Liliana in 2025?

Liliana ranked #78 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 3,118 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Liliana?

75,146 babies have been named Liliana in the United States since 1950, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Liliana most popular?

Liliana peaked in 2025, when 3,118 newborns received the name.

Is Liliana a boy or girl name?

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

Is the name Liliana rising or falling?

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

Will Liliana become more popular?

Liliana is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 3,430 girls named Liliana in 2030, which would rank around #69. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Liliana?

Well-known people named Liliana include Liliana Cavani (film director), Liliana Segre (politician), Liliana Gafencu (athlete).

Names like Liliana

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