Liah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Liah: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #898, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#898highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#1958
1998	#2407
1999	#1805
2000	#2746
2001	#1439
2002	#2540
2003	#1843
2004	#2530
2005	#1295
2006	#3116
2007	#3218
2008	#3005
2009	#3422
2010	#3533
2011	#4049
2012	#5876
2013	#4050
2014	#4684
2016	#4763
2017	#4063
2018	#4684
2020	#5493
2021	#4634
2024	#4192

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 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4192 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2011–2024
Highest recorded position: #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 2011–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Liah appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 161 births with the name.

Liah 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.

Liah'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	#2350 (1996)	#1295 (2005)	#4192 (2024)	25 of 29	161 (1996–2024)	18 (2005)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#937 (2011)	#898 (2024)	#898 (2024)	2 of 14	6 (2011–2024)	3 (2011)

Liah by decade in England and Wales · 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 Liah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	29	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	84	10 of 10	8
2010s	36	8 of 10	5
2020s	12	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Liah 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #898 in Republic of Ireland in 2024.

Liah'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1295	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #898, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 15 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 2 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.

Althea · #898, 28y
Angie · #898, 28y
Ania · #898, 29y
Kenza · #898, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Akbar · #898, 29y
Althea · #898, 28y
Angie · #898, 28y
Ania · #898, 29y

Liah was ranked #898 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2024. 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.

Liah 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 Liah without appearing here.

Liah moved ahead of

Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3218 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3533 and #5707.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Debra Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Liah

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4050 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2120.
Cecilie Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3117.
Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4684 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2757.

Moved the opposite way to Liah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liah went from #2350 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liah went from #2350 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liah went from #2350 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liah went from #2350 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Liah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liah went from #2350 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liah went from #2350 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liah went from #2350 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liah went from #2350 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #898 in Republic of Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Liah

Liah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Liah across 2 official records

Liah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Liah across 2 official records

Liah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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