Liane
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lee-AHN
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Liane is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Liane mean?
French: French short form of Juliane or Eliane
A French and German short form of names such as Juliane and Eliane; in French, liane also means a climbing vine.
Is Liane a girl's or a boy's name?
Liane is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Liane in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Liane in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Liane in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 2 | #6,613 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,381 |
How popular is Liane in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Liane, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 124 girls. It first appears in the records in 1907.
Half of all the girls named Liane in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
Liane in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 33 | #3,367 |
| 1993 | 37 | #3,103 |
| 1992 | 44 | #2,728 |
| 1991 | 47 | #2,587 |
| 1990 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 1989 | 56 | #2,164 |
| 1988 | 57 | #2,046 |
| 1987 | 55 | #2,023 |
| 1986 | 77 | #1,561 |
| 1985 | 57 | #1,927 |
| 1984 | 55 | #1,905 |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,594 |
| 1982 | 55 | #1,922 |
| 1981 | 67 | #1,700 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,904 |
| 1979 | 87 | #1,410 |
| 1978 | 44 | #2,125 |
| 1977 | 66 | #1,609 |
| 1976 | 39 | #2,174 |
| 1975 | 71 | #1,447 |
| 1974 | 72 | #1,414 |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,496 |
| 1972 | 89 | #1,205 |
| 1971 | 92 | #1,221 |
| 1970 | 123 | #1,012 |
| 1969 | 122 | #970 |
| 1968 | 102 | #1,028 |
| 1967 | 62 | #1,399 |
| 1966 | 73 | #1,262 |
| 1965 | 69 | #1,302 |
| 1964 | 72 | #1,319 |
| 1963 | 87 | #1,169 |
| 1962 | 80 | #1,230 |
| 1961 | 109 | #1,049 |
| 1960 | 97 | #1,091 |
| 1959 | 124 | #940 |
| 1958 | 89 | #1,119 |
| 1957 | 70 | #1,253 |
| 1956 | 85 | #1,115 |
| 1955 | 71 | #1,185 |
| 1954 | 62 | #1,255 |
| 1953 | 78 | #1,098 |
| 1952 | 56 | #1,268 |
| 1951 | 64 | #1,169 |
| 1950 | 46 | #1,351 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,563 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,519 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,447 |
| 1946 | 16 | #2,391 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,873 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,624 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,859 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,882 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,635 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,731 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,086 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,403 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,363 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,685 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
Names like Liane
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Darcie, Robyn, Michelle, Marnie, Holly, Amy, Nicole, Jasmine, Charlotte, Bonnie, Daphne, Heidi
Names related to Liane
Lina, Lainey, Liana, Lian, Laney, Layne, Lianna, Liyan, Laine, Lainee
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcy, Genevieve, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy, Bruce
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Liane: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/liane, updated 20 October 2026.