Lyana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lee-AH-na
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,214 for girls
Lyana is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 2,214th for girls in the US (83 babies).
Where does Lyana come from?
Modern: modern variant of names such as Liana and Lyanna
Is Lyana a girl's or a boy's name?
Lyana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 83 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lyana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Lyana, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th.
2025 had the most girls named Lyana of any year since it first appeared, in 2013.
Half of all the girls named Lyana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 172 girls in the UK were given Lyana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #297, up from #1,961 for this spelling alone.
- Liana 157
- Lyana 15
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Lyana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
How popular is Lyana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,214among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 83about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 83 girls in the US were named Lyana, making it the 2,214th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had the most girls named Lyana of any year since it first appeared, in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Lyana in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 895 girls in the US were given Lyana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #367, up from #2,214 for this spelling alone.
Lyana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | #2,214 |
| 2024 | 47 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 51 | #3,181 |
| 2022 | 42 | #3,651 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,923 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Names like Lyana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Liyana Amira Khadija Ayla Ayra Alayna Hafsa Amara Lyra Sienna Myla
Other spellings of Lyana
Names related to Lyana
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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, “Lyana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lyana, updated 20 October 2026.