Ligia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LEE-hee-ah
- Origin
- Greek
Ligia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “clear-voiced”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ligia mean?
Greek: Polish, Spanish and Portuguese form of Ligeia
“clear-voiced”
Ligia is the heroine of Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel Quo Vadis; Ligeia was also one of the sirens in Greek myth.
Is Ligia a girl's or a boy's name?
Ligia is a girls' name.
How popular is Ligia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1985, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the girls named Ligia in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ligia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,328 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,201 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,169 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 24 | #2,874 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
Names like Ligia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melissa Christina Lydia Amanda Sophia Lara Samantha Angela Maria Andrea Cassandra Jessica
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ligia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ligia, updated 20 October 2026.