Lia
#200 for girls in 2025, 1,526 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 1,610 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 28,501since 1933
Lia over time
Rank among girls' names. Lia has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #200 | 1,526 | — | |
| 2024 | #188 | 1,610 | — | |
| 2023 | #210 | 1,430 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #248 | 1,234 | — | |
| 2021 | #308 | 1,039 | — | |
| 2020 | #291 | 1,098 | — | |
| 2019 | #282 | 1,168 | — | |
| 2018 | #247 | 1,321 | — | |
| 2017 | #337 | 954 | — | |
| 2016 | #335 | 989 | — | |
| 2015 | #328 | 996 | — | |
| 2014 | #378 | 864 | — | |
| 2013 | #383 | 811 | — | |
| 2012 | #351 | 907 | — | |
| 2011 | #378 | 847 | — | |
| 2010 | #356 | 892 | — | |
| 2009 | #370 | 868 | — | |
| 2008 | #427 | 741 | — | |
| 2007 | #529 | 590 | — | |
| 2006 | #521 | 580 | — | |
| 2005 | #556 | 516 | — | |
| 2004 | #615 | 447 | — | |
| 2003 | #666 | 397 | — | |
| 2002 | #716 | 346 | — | |
| 2001 | #763 | 313 | — | |
| 2000 | #762 | 300 | — | |
| 1999 | #905 | 233 | — | |
| 1998 | #968 | 211 | — | |
| 1997 | #915 | 218 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,028 | 182 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #935 | 202 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,004 | 185 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,089 | 166 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,076 | 168 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,006 | 185 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #950 | 198 | — | |
| 1989 | #908 | 200 | — | |
| 1988 | #918 | 185 | — | |
| 1987 | #941 | 174 | — | |
| 1986 | #992 | 158 | — | |
| 1985 | #933 | 168 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,002 | 144 | — | |
| 1983 | #950 | 155 | — | |
| 1982 | #994 | 148 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,025 | 140 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,059 | 134 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,294 | 97 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,248 | 99 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,075 | 121 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,206 | 94 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,258 | 89 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,185 | 94 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,200 | 89 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,038 | 112 | — | |
| 1971 | #859 | 157 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,093 | 108 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,003 | 116 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,008 | 106 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,081 | 93 | — | |
| 1966 | #966 | 111 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,025 | 103 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,349 | 69 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,435 | 60 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,651 | 47 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,788 | 41 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,695 | 44 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,720 | 41 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,872 | 34 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,728 | 39 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,733 | 36 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,186 | 24 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,122 | 24 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | — | |
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| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | — | |
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| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Lia! It came in at #3,406, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1934–1944, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lia is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#271 · 1 in 1,520
- Massachusetts#327 · 1 in 2,013
- Colorado#585 · 1 in 3,496
- Pennsylvania#619 · 1 in 5,046
- New Jersey#640 · 1 in 4,704
Best ever in a state: #75 in Delaware, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #271 | 5 | 1 in 1,520 |
| Massachusetts | #327 | 16 | 1 in 2,013 |
| Colorado | #585 | 6 | 1 in 3,496 |
| Pennsylvania | #619 | 12 | 1 in 5,046 |
| New Jersey | #640 | 9 | 1 in 4,704 |
| New York | #731 | 19 | 1 in 5,491 |
| Georgia | #779 | 7 | 1 in 5,930 |
| Illinois | #837 | 11 | 1 in 6,495 |
| California | #948 | 30 | 1 in 7,659 |
| Michigan | #952 | 6 | 1 in 8,675 |
| Texas | #1,277 | 12 | 1 in 11,629 |
| Florida | #1,304 | 6 | 1 in 12,122 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lia
- 12 spots since 2024 (#188 → #200)
- 91 spots since 2020 (#291 → #200)
- 128 spots since 2015 (#328 → #200)
- Biggest jump: 234 spots in 1971 (#1,093 → #859)
- Biggest drop: 179 spots in 1972 (#859 → #1,038)
- Debuted 1933
- Peaked 2024 at #188 (1,610 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1997–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,006 girls born in 2024 were named Lia (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,053 girls born in 2025 (0.09%)
- 34.2% of all girls named Lia (9,749) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 7 | #3,406 (1933) | #3,406 |
| 1940s | 33 | #3,388 (1945) | #3,735 |
| 1950s | 273 | #1,720 (1959) | #2,123 |
| 1960s | 790 | #966 (1966) | #1,300 |
| 1970s | 1,060 | #859 (1971) | #1,146 |
| 1980s | 1,606 | #908 (1989) | #972 |
| 1990s | 1,948 | #905 (1999) | #988 |
| 2000s | 5,098 | #370 (2009) | #593 |
| 2010s | 9,749 | #247 (2018) | #338 |
| 2020s | 7,937 | #188 (2024) | #241 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lia in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 9,632 of them was named Lia, which outranked 93.5% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 378,860 of them was named Lia, which outranked 14.4% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,521 names at #9,015; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.