Lilyana
Pronounced L IH1 L Y AA1 N AA1 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2012
- 44 years in use
- 3 spellings
How popular is Lilyana?
Lilyana is a girls' name, and first appears in 1981. It has been given to 13,183 children — the 1,206th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 31% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2012, when 946 children were given it.
Three other spellings are counted in that total — Lillyana, Lillyahna and Lillyanah — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Lilyana and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Lillyana
- Lillyahna
- Lillyanah
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- L IH1 L Y AA1 N AA1
- Stress pattern:
- 111
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Lilyana
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Lilyana
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Lilyana?
- Lilyana ranks 1,206th among girls' names in US records, with 13,183 births since 1981. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,962.
- Is Lilyana a unisex name?
- No. Lilyana is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Lilyana most popular?
- 2012, when 946 children were given the name. It has been in use for 44 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Lilyana spelled?
- Lillyana, Lillyahna, Lillyanah. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.