Liyanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lee-YAH-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Liyanna is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
Where does Liyanna come from?
Arabic: spelling of Liyana; Arabic-derived name
Meaning borrowed from Liyana.
Is Liyanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Liyanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Liyanna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,509th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Liyanna, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th.
2025 had the most girls named Liyanna of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Liyanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 487 girls in the UK were given Liyanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #132, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Liyanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
How popular is Liyanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 181% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Liyanna, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. It first appears in the records in 2008.
2025 had the most girls named Liyanna of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Liyanna in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 264 girls in the US were given Liyanna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #898, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
Liyanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
Names like Liyanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Abeeha, Hafsa, Amira, Khadija, Ayra, Nusaybah, Rumaysa, Halima, Muntaha, Hiba, Rahma
Other spellings of Liyanna
Names related to Liyanna
Liana, Leanna, Liyaana, Lyanna, Lianna, Lyana, Leiana, Layanna
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Liyanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/liyanna, updated 20 October 2026.