Girls' name · since 2005
Lianah
Lianah has 146 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,055 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,137 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 146
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Lianah is the #14137 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 146 recorded since 2005.
Lianah has 146 recorded births among girls since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14137 as of the latest data, more common than 18% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #23,055 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,137 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 146 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lianah ranks #23,055 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,137 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 146 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,055 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,137 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 146
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Lianah's 146 recorded births place it above 68.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lianah compares
146 31st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lianah's all-time total is 61% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lianah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 146 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lianah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lianah's full recorded timeline at 2016, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2023, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lianah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Lianah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (77 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Lianah's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Lianah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
- 2010s
2010s
77 births
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 77 births (53% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lianah's data
- Lianah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (77 total births) through the 2020s (45) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lianah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lianah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.