Liyan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Liyan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Liyan: Recorded since 2013, its highest recorded position is #2,888, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
12years from first to last
#2888highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2013–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2013	#3536
2014	#5691
2015	#4736
2017	#5765
2018	#3985
2019	#4686
2020	#4535
2021	#4634
2022	#2888
2023	#2927
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 11 of the 12 years from 2013 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2013–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2013
First recorded at #3536 among girls in England and Wales in 2013 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2013–2024
Highest recorded position: #2888 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 2013–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Liyan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 11 years beginning in 2013, and has registered 53 births with the name.

Liyan across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Liyan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3536 (2013)	#2888 (2022)	#4843 (2024)	11 of 12	53 (2013–2024)	8 (2022)
England and Wales · Boys	#3959 (2018)	#3254 (2024)	#3254 (2024)	3 of 7	14 (2018–2024)	6 (2024)

Liyan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Names that changed direction repeatedly

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2013 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2888 in England and Wales in 2022.

Liyan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2013 and 2024, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,888, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

2decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 2 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Liyaana · #1541, 15y
Liyah · #998, 25y
Liyana · #164, 21y
Liyanah · #1302, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dariya · #2888, 12y
Imisioluwa · #2888, 9y
Naylah · #2888, 15y
Ruhani · #2888, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2010 and 2019.

Dariya · #2888, 12y
Sereen · #2888, 12y
Callie-Rae · #2901, 10y
Ivy-Jane · #2901, 10y

Liyan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Liyan without appearing here.

Liyan moved ahead of

Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #5669.
Geraldine Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.
Kristin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4736 and #4736 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Liyan

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Francis Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3536 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2502.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #1743.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4736 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2706.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2013 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2888 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Liyan

Liyan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Liyan across 2 official records

Liyan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Liyan and the names beside it

Liyan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Liyan

Liyan at a glance

Liyan across 2 official records

Liyan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2010s

Liyan and the names beside it

Liyan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Liyan