How rare is the name Liana?

17,796 people in the United States have the first name Liana, about 1 in 16,972. It ranks #1,722 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

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#1,722

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,796
About
1 in 16,972
This common or more
76.6%
Who bears it

Of the 17,796 people named Liana, 47.5% reported their origin as White, 31.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Liana peaked in 2025, when 801 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19292025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
801
In 2025*
801
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 20,666 babies have been given the name since 1929. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Liana by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #881. The largest share of babies named Liana, 41.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1920s#13,0426
1930s#11,9535
1940s#3,909155
1950s#2,850367
1960s#2,265637
1970s#1,8301,130
1980s#1,5731,737
1990s#1,4712,491
2000s#1,3033,802
2010s#1,0086,005
2020s#8814,331
Silent Generation 1928–450.4%
Baby boom 1946–643.4%
Generation X 1965–808%
Millennials 1981–9616%
Generation Z 1997–1230.5%
2013 and later41.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Liana is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Liana has been most common in Hawaii (3.8×), Florida (2.3×), and California (2.1×), and least common in Louisiana (0.12×).

17,219 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Liana, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Liana ranks #72,279 of 156,621, with 290 people. See Liana as a last name

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