Lyanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ly-AN-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #877 for girls
Lyanna is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 877th for girls in the US (305 babies).
What does Lyanna mean?
Modern: used by George R. R. Martin in A Song of Ice and Fire
Borne by Lyanna Stark in the fantasy saga A Song of Ice and Fire and its TV adaptation, Game of Thrones.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lyanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Lyanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 305 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lyanna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,690th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Lyanna, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,389th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 27 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lyanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Lyanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 24 | #1,389 |
| 2019 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
How popular is Lyanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 877th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 305 about 1 in 5,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 305 girls in the US were named Lyanna, making it the 877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 766th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 500 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Lyanna than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Lyanna in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lyanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 305 | #877 |
| 2024 | 273 | #955 |
| 2023 | 250 | #1,012 |
| 2022 | 243 | #1,049 |
| 2021 | 266 | #975 |
| 2020 | 355 | #766 |
| 2019 | 500 | #605 |
| 2018 | 320 | #849 |
| 2017 | 318 | #860 |
| 2016 | 216 | #1,164 |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,810 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,841 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,768 |
| 2012 | 46 | #3,463 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 44 | #3,571 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,943 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,089 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Lyanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maeva, Lyra, Sienna, Liyana, Myla, Orla, Luna, Kiara, Nova, Lyla, Isla, Ayra
Names related to Lyanna
Lana, Liyanah, Leanna, Lianna, Lyana, Leyana, Liyanna, Layna, Lynn, Leianna
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Lyanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lyanna, updated 20 October 2026.