Liyana

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Liyana: Recorded every year since 2004, its highest recorded position is #164, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#164highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#1535
2005	#1406
2006	#1435
2007	#1126
2008	#1034
2009	#821
2010	#538
2011	#629
2012	#499
2013	#388
2014	#367
2015	#406
2016	#323
2017	#315
2018	#298
2019	#248
2020	#220
2021	#188
2022	#170
2023	#180
2024	#164

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 England and Wales in every year from 2004 to 2024.

In 2024: #164 among girls in England and Wales, #384 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #1535 among girls in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #164 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #164 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Liyana 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 Liyana in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	143	6 of 10	24
2010s	1,232	10 of 10	123
2020sbusiest	1,374	5 of 10	275

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 275 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2020 and 2021, when recorded births rose by 59, from 213 to 272.

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

Liyana 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 3 regions, from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #164 in England and Wales in 2024.

Liyana'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	#164	309	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#180	283	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#170	297	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#188	272	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#220	213	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#248	196	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#298	158	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#315	153	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#323	154	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#406	111	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#367	122	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#388	112	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#499	88	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#629	64	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#538	74	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#821	42	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1034	29	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1126	25	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1435	17	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#384	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 3 registrars between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #164, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 309 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2022, and 20 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.

Liyah · #998, 25y
Liyan · #2888, 11y
Liyanah · #1302, 14y
Liz · #291, 46y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Inaaya · #159, 21y
Abbi · #170, 23y
Claragh · #171, 16y
Inaya · #156, 26y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Connla · #163, 13y
Maci · #163, 24y
Eleah · #166, 19y
Inaaya · #159, 21y

Liyana was ranked #164 in England and Wales · 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.

Liyana 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 Liyana without appearing here.

Liyana moved ahead of

Bernadette Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1435 and #1435 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1126 and #2233.
Tracey Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1435 and #1435 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1126 and #2233.
Lorraine Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1535 and #1312 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1406 and #2438.
Donna Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1435 and #1435 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1126 and #1854.

Moved ahead of Liyana

Ada Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1535 and #1617 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1406 and #951.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #629 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #499 and #284.
Aria Compare
In 2010 they stood at #538 and #773 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #629 and #615.

Moved the opposite way to Liyana

Abigail Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liyana went from #1535 to #164 while Abigail went from #19 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liyana went from #1535 to #164 while Aimee went from #47 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liyana went from #1535 to #164 while Aisling went from #866 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liyana went from #1535 to #164 while Alex went from #199 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Liyana

Ada Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liyana went from #1535 to #164 and Ada from #1617 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liyana went from #1535 to #164 and Alma from #1535 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liyana went from #1535 to #164 and Amelia from #18 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Liyana went from #1535 to #164 and Aria from #1715 to #35.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #164 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Liyana

Liyana at a glance

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Liyana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Liyana at a glance

Liyana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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