Liel — #4443 US unisex name
423 babies named Liel in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 75% of names given to girls today.
44% of everyone ever named Liel was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Liel in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Liel
The Social Security Administration has registered 423 babies named Liel between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Liel currently holds the #4443 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 35 babies received it in a single year. Liel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 102 additional births since 2003.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Liel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 186 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Liel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 106 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Liel in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Liel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 423 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Liel at a glance
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Current rank
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Liel popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2022)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #4443 among girls.
423 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 35 births in a single year.
Liel popularity over time — boys
102 total births recorded since 2003 (Liel as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Liel accounts for 19% of total recorded use across both genders.
Liel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 186 births that decade — 44% of Liel's all-time total
Liel decade highlights
- Peak decade 186 births
- Runner-up 136 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Liel's strongest decade
186 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Liel by state
Where Liel concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 106 | 25.1% |
| #2 | California | | 62 | 14.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 29 | 6.9% |
106 of 423 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 25.1% of nationwide
- California 14.7% of nationwide
- Florida 6.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 25.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2002–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.