Liliana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lil-ee-AH-na
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #215 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #78 for girls
Liliana is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “lily”. In 2025 it ranked 215th for girls in the UK (246 babies) and 78th for girls in the US (3,118 babies).
What does Liliana mean?
Latin: Italian, Spanish and Polish form of Lilian
“lily”
The Italian, Spanish and Polish form of Lilian, associated with the Latin lilium, lily.
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Is Liliana a girl's or a boy's name?
Liliana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 246 girls in the UK and 3,118 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Liliana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 215th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 246 about 1 in 1,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.2% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 246 girls in the UK were named Liliana, making it the 215th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 197th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 362 girls.
Half of all the girls named Liliana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 285 girls in the UK were given Liliana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #209, up from #215 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 208th in England and Wales, 242nd in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Liliana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 246 | #215 |
| 2024 | 217 | #241 |
| 2023 | 267 | #206 |
| 2022 | 255 | #212 |
| 2021 | 263 | #218 |
| 2020 | 278 | #197 |
| 2019 | 272 | #204 |
| 2018 | 341 | #175 |
| 2017 | 321 | #189 |
| 2016 | 362 | #173 |
| 2015 | 353 | #172 |
| 2014 | 328 | #183 |
| 2013 | 248 | #226 |
| 2012 | 187 | #294 |
| 2011 | 194 | #278 |
| 2010 | 151 | #337 |
| 2009 | 102 | #453 |
| 2008 | 92 | #485 |
| 2007 | 89 | #487 |
| 2006 | 70 | #567 |
| 2005 | 49 | #687 |
| 2004 | 44 | #706 |
| 2003 | 37 | #783 |
| 2002 | 32 | #829 |
| 2001 | 31 | #832 |
| 2000 | 19 | #1,137 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 20 | #1,123 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Liliana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 78th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3,118 about 1 in 520 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.7% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3,118 girls in the US were named Liliana, making it the 78th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 110th. It first appears in the records in 1950.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Liliana of any year since it first appeared, in 1950.
Half of all the girls named Liliana in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,907 girls in the US were given Liliana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #71, up from #78 for this spelling alone.
Liliana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,118 | #78 |
| 2024 | 3,022 | #80 |
| 2023 | 2,807 | #88 |
| 2022 | 2,789 | #97 |
| 2021 | 2,609 | #104 |
| 2020 | 2,479 | #110 |
| 2019 | 2,603 | #109 |
| 2018 | 2,798 | #109 |
| 2017 | 2,765 | #109 |
| 2016 | 2,645 | #123 |
| 2015 | 2,566 | #127 |
| 2014 | 2,640 | #119 |
| 2013 | 2,618 | #124 |
| 2012 | 2,623 | #117 |
| 2011 | 2,664 | #115 |
| 2010 | 2,519 | #124 |
| 2009 | 2,653 | #120 |
| 2008 | 2,296 | #150 |
| 2007 | 2,321 | #151 |
| 2006 | 2,271 | #151 |
| 2005 | 1,797 | #191 |
| 2004 | 1,519 | #223 |
| 2003 | 1,346 | #244 |
| 2002 | 1,211 | #259 |
| 2001 | 1,141 | #277 |
| 2000 | 1,065 | #300 |
| 1999 | 1,005 | #306 |
| 1998 | 847 | #344 |
| 1997 | 820 | #342 |
| 1996 | 811 | #344 |
| 1995 | 802 | #332 |
| 1994 | 798 | #335 |
| 1993 | 792 | #331 |
| 1992 | 755 | #345 |
| 1991 | 751 | #345 |
| 1990 | 721 | #368 |
| 1989 | 527 | #459 |
| 1988 | 436 | #507 |
| 1987 | 385 | #527 |
| 1986 | 402 | #516 |
| 1985 | 390 | #516 |
| 1984 | 336 | #556 |
| 1983 | 361 | #524 |
| 1982 | 374 | #524 |
| 1981 | 466 | #459 |
| 1980 | 285 | #639 |
| 1979 | 228 | #728 |
| 1978 | 171 | #858 |
| 1977 | 156 | #905 |
| 1976 | 210 | #703 |
| 1975 | 177 | #790 |
| 1974 | 166 | #811 |
| 1973 | 162 | #808 |
| 1972 | 131 | #937 |
| 1971 | 116 | #1,041 |
| 1970 | 116 | #1,052 |
| 1969 | 63 | #1,480 |
| 1968 | 41 | #1,855 |
| 1967 | 33 | #2,039 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,827 |
| 1965 | 33 | #2,031 |
| 1964 | 30 | #2,194 |
| 1963 | 35 | #1,980 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,813 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,819 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,376 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
Nicknames for Liliana
Names like Liliana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliana, Fatima, Ariana, Ariella, Gabriella, Valentina, Athena, Liana, Layla, Lyra, Lara, Myla
Other spellings of Liliana
Names related to Liliana
Lillian, Lilian, Lilianna, Lily-Ann, Lilyana, Lillianna, Liliwen, Lilyanna, Lilyann
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
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, “Liliana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/liliana, updated 20 October 2026.