Liane

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Liane: Recorded since 1981, it reached #407 in 1988, and it stood at #5,581 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
41years from first to last
#407highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2021

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1434
1997	#1365
1998	#3142
2002	#3409
2004	#3197
2008	#3860
2009	#4564
2013	#5742
2016	#4096
2017	#5765
2019	#4686
2021	#5581

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 12 of the 26 years from 1996 to 2021.

In 1996: #534 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1434 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1981–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1981
First recorded at #533 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1981 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1981–1996
Highest recorded position: #407 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1988 (recorded 1981–1996).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #5581 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Girls

Liane appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 12 ranked years and 65 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1981.

Liane 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.

Liane'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	#1434 (1996)	#1365 (1997)	#5581 (2021)	12 of 26	65 (1996–2021)	13 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#533 (1981)	#407 (1988)	#534 (1996)	8 of 16	33 (1981–1996)	5 (1985)

Liane 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 Liane in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	29	3 of 10	10
2000s	18	4 of 10	5
2010s	15	4 of 10	4
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

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

Liane 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 1981 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #407 in Republic of Ireland in 1988.

Liane'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
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1365	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1434	12	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#407	5	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#422	5	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#421	5	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	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 1981 and 2021, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #407, first reached in 1988.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, 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.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
11separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,581position in 2021, its most recent recorded year
15 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
13births registered in its largest year, 1997Under 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.

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Liana · #166, 34y
Lianna · #700, 30y
Lianne · #263, 41y

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.

Darcie-Leigh · #407, 15y
Ignas · #407, 16y
Lily-Grace · #407, 24y
Natnael · #407, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Cianna · #407, 28y
Elissa · #407, 31y
Raisa · #408, 31y
Vikki · #408, 14y

Liane was ranked #407 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1988. 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.

Liane 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Liane without appearing here.

Liane moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #5785.
Kristy Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3860 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #5556.
Kristin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3860 and #2721 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #4763.
Debra Compare
In 1990 they stood at #407 and #344 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1991 that had become #423 and #515.

Moved ahead of Liane

Teddy Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3409 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2460.
Finley Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4686 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #2942.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3142 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.
Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3197 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3860 and #1391.

Moved the opposite way to Liane

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Liane went from #1434 to #5581 while Ada went from #2683 to #44.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Liane went from #1434 to #5581 while Alma went from #2096 to #267.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Liane went from #1434 to #5581 while Alyssa went from #783 to #211.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Liane went from #1434 to #5581 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1102.

Moved the same way as Liane

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Liane went from #1434 to #5581 and Abigail from #21 to #105.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Liane went from #1434 to #5581 and Aimee from #70 to #1195.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Liane went from #1434 to #5581 and Aisling from #440 to #1569.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Liane went from #1434 to #5581 and Alex from #161 to #1866.

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 2 regions, from 1981 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #407 in Republic of Ireland in 1988. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Liane

Liane at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Liane across 2 official records

Liane by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Liane across 2 official records

Liane by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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