Liyah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Liyah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #998 in 2002, and it stood at #2,253 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#998highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#2738
1998	#3142
2000	#3912
2001	#2226
2002	#998
2003	#1269
2004	#1715
2005	#1934
2006	#2781
2007	#3218
2008	#3397
2009	#3936
2010	#3533
2011	#3185
2013	#4739
2014	#4003
2015	#2705
2017	#2341
2019	#2458
2020	#2615
2021	#2711
2022	#2325
2023	#1863
2024	#2253

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.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #998 among girls in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Liyah 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 Liyah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	3 of 10	5
2000s	96	10 of 10	10
2010s	52	7 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	56	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Liyah appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #998 in England and Wales in 2002.

Liyah'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	#2253	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1863	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1934	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1269	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#998	22	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #998, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

Its record falls into 5 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
12 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,253position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
22births registered in its largest year, 2002Under 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.

Liya · #575, 25y
Liyaana · #1541, 15y
Liyan · #2888, 11y
Liyana · #164, 21y

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.

Gurveer · #998, 29y
Nabilah · #998, 22y
Aayush · #999, 27y
Darsh · #999, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Gurveer · #998, 29y
Nabilah · #998, 22y
Aayush · #999, 27y
Avinash · #1000, 24y

Liyah was ranked #998 in England and Wales · Girls in 2002. 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.

Liyah 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 Liyah without appearing here.

Liyah moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2226 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #998 and #4137.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2341 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2458 and #5591.
Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2705 and #5730.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2458 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Liyah

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2781 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3936 and #2326.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #1286.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2341 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2458 and #1063.

Moved the opposite way to Liyah

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Liyah went from #3142 to #1863 while Josefine went from #3848 to #5687.
Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liyah went from #3912 to #2253 while Hayden went from #3912 to #5891.
Meabh Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liyah went from #998 to #2253 while Meabh went from #2868 to #952.

Moved the same way as Liyah

Frida Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liyah went from #3912 to #2253 and Frida from #3912 to #811.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liyah went from #998 to #2253 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.
Kristy Compare
Between 1996 and 2014 in England and Wales · Girls, Liyah went from #2096 to #4003 and Kristy from #620 to #4684.
Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2013 in England and Wales · Girls, Liyah went from #2096 to #4739 and Finlay from #1646 to #5742.

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #998 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Liyah

Liyah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Liyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Liyah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Liyah and the names beside it

Liyah moved ahead of

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Liyah at a glance

Liyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Liyah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Liyah

Liyah and the names beside it

Liyah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Liyah

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Moved the same way as Liyah