Lia

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Lia: Recorded since 1972, it reached #177 in 2021, and it stood at #196 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
81times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#177highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#506
1997	#473
1998	#457
1999	#362
2000	#344
2001	#309
2002	#283
2003	#299
2004	#309
2005	#319
2006	#388
2007	#549
2008	#475
2009	#478
2010	#418
2011	#502
2012	#663
2013	#561
2014	#468
2015	#564
2016	#553
2017	#391
2018	#507
2019	#439
2020	#399
2021	#383
2022	#442
2023	#366
2024	#491

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 43 of the 54 years from 1972 to 2025.

In 2024: #372 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #384 among girls in Scotland, #491 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1972–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1972
First recorded at #428 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1972 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1972–2025
Highest recorded position: #177 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 1972–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #196 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Lia appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 43 years beginning in 1972, and has registered 541 births with the name.

Lia across 3 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.

Lia'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#428 (1972)	#177 (2021)	#196 (2025)	43 of 54	541 (1972–2025)	27 (2021)
England and Wales · Girls	#506 (1996)	#283 (2002)	#491 (2024)	29 of 29	2,728 (1996–2024)	134 (2002)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#293 (2001)	#226 (2005)	#391 (2023)	8 of 23	35 (2001–2023)	7 (2005)

Lia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lia in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	14	3 of 10	5
1980s	26	6 of 10	4
1990s	46	8 of 10	6
2000s	155	10 of 10	16
2010s	178	10 of 10	18
2020sbusiest	122	6 of 10	20

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Lia appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1972 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #177 in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Lia'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	#491	81	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#366	114	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#442	96	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#383	118	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#399	108	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#439	96	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#507	84	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#391	114	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#553	76	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#564	77	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#468	92	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#561	73	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#663	62	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#502	84	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#418	104	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#478	85	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#475	84	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#549	67	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#388	108	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#319	127	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#309	130	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#299	132	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#283	134	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#309	119	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#344	97	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#362	89	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#457	65	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#473	60	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#506	52	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#226	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#252	5	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#293	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#196	22	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	10	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#212	20	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	23	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#177	27	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	20	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	20	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	15	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#289	16	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	19	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	15	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	18	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	14	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	16	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	25	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	20	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	14	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	20	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	17	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#260	16	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	16	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#222	17	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#279	12	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#278	12	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#217	16	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	15	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	10	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#384	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#353	7	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	7	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	5	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#402	5	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#384	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1972 and 2025, ranked in 43 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #177, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 134 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 52 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, 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.

Patrycja · #180, 47y
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Mantas · #181, 43y
Alastair · #182, 43y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Livia · #177, 32y
Kamila · #176, 50y
Lochlann · #178, 29y
Stacy · #178, 41y

Lia was ranked #177 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lia 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 Lia without appearing here.

Lia moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #344 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #309 and #871.
May Compare
In 2024 they stood at #372 and #342 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #196 and #718.
Kerry Compare
In 2007 they stood at #549 and #527 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #475 and #972.
Gail Compare
In 2003 they stood at #359 and #359 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #222 and #677.

Moved ahead of Lia

Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #502 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #663 and #284.
Aria Compare
In 2011 they stood at #502 and #615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #663 and #294.
Maja Compare
In 2006 they stood at #388 and #456 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #549 and #282.
Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #418 and #616 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #502 and #261.

Moved the opposite way to Lia

Aisling Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lia went from #428 to #196 while Aisling went from #48 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lia went from #428 to #196 while Alison went from #64 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lia went from #428 to #196 while Amanda went from #50 to #608.
Andrea Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lia went from #428 to #196 while Andrea went from #101 to #304.

Moved the same way as Lia

Abigail Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lia went from #428 to #196 and Abigail from #332 to #115.
Alice Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lia went from #428 to #196 and Alice from #142 to #41.
Amelia Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lia went from #428 to #196 and Amelia from #332 to #12.
Anna Compare
Between 1972 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Lia went from #428 to #196 and Anna from #55 to #26.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1972 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #177 in Republic of Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lia

Lia at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lia across 3 official records

Lia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Lia across 3 official records

Lia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Lia moved ahead of

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