How popular is the name Liana?

Liana ranks 791st among girls' names in US records, with 26,194 births since 1929. Over the past decade it accounts for 8,833.

Is Liana a unisex name?

No. Liana is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2021, when 970 children were given the name. It has been in use for 96 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Lianna. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#791 of girl names

Pronounced L IY0 AA1 N AH0 (ARPABET)

Liana is a girls' name, and first appears in 1929. It has been given to 26,194 children — the 791st most common girls' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 28% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2021, when 970 children were given it.

Lianna is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Liana and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Liana?: Liana ranks 791st among girls' names in US records, with 26,194 births since 1929. Over the past decade it accounts for 8,833.
Is Liana a unisex name?: No. Liana is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Liana most popular?: 2021, when 970 children were given the name. It has been in use for 96 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Liana spelled?: Lianna. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.