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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2007
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#162 · 1 in 488
- New York#234 · 1 in 1,207
- Connecticut#255 · 1 in 1,153
- New Jersey#260 · 1 in 1,287
- Massachusetts#307 · 1 in 1,542
Best ever in a state: #75 in Delaware, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #162 | 7 | 1 in 488 |
| New York | #234 | 81 | 1 in 1,207 |
| Connecticut | #255 | 12 | 1 in 1,153 |
| New Jersey | #260 | 32 | 1 in 1,287 |
| Massachusetts | #307 | 18 | 1 in 1,542 |
| Colorado | #341 | 18 | 1 in 1,381 |
| Maryland | #350 | 16 | 1 in 1,605 |
| Illinois | #373 | 37 | 1 in 1,830 |
| Florida | #383 | 45 | 1 in 1,984 |
| Pennsylvania | #400 | 27 | 1 in 2,079 |
| Utah | #404 | 11 | 1 in 1,783 |
| Michigan | #438 | 19 | 1 in 2,406 |
| Indiana | #449 | 15 | 1 in 2,209 |
| Oregon | #471 | 8 | 1 in 2,096 |
| Virginia | #528 | 14 | 1 in 2,748 |
| California | #545 | 76 | 1 in 3,109 |
| Texas | #683 | 44 | 1 in 3,844 |
| South Carolina | #775 | 5 | 1 in 3,790 |
| Ohio | #800 | 11 | 1 in 5,214 |
| Arizona | #813 | 9 | 1 in 4,218 |
| Louisiana | #829 | 5 | 1 in 4,235 |
| North Carolina | #837 | 10 | 1 in 4,811 |
| Minnesota | #874 | 5 | 1 in 5,361 |
| Tennessee | #879 | 6 | 1 in 5,425 |
| Missouri | #930 | 5 | 1 in 5,929 |
| Georgia | #1,214 | 7 | 1 in 7,746 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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 2007
Top girls' names in 2007
More about 2007
girls
1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 3,259 of them was named Lia, which outranked 97.4% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).