Lya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LEE-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,822 for girls
Lya is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,822nd for girls in the US (60 babies).
What does Lya mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Lia, a form of Leah
A spelling of Lia, the Italian and Portuguese form of Leah, also used as a short form of names like Amelia.
Is Lya a girl's or a boy's name?
Lya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 60 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
How popular is Lya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,822nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 60 about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were named Lya, making it the 2,822nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,890th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 64 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Lya than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Lya in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,018 girls in the US were given Lya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #36, up from #2,822 for this spelling alone.
Lya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,822 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,889 |
| 2023 | 55 | #3,014 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,593 |
| 2021 | 54 | #3,037 |
| 2020 | 56 | #2,890 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,681 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,676 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 46 | #3,411 |
| 2015 | 50 | #3,254 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,046 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,360 |
Names like Lya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Raya, Hafsa, Ayra, Zainab, Ayah, Hawa, Ayla, Hiba, Aiza, Rahma, Amira
Other spellings of Lya
Names related to Lya
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Lya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lya, updated 20 October 2026.