Unisex name · since 2016
Liyan
73 babies named Liyan in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,554 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,148 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 73
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Liyan currently ranks #8148 among unisex names in America, with 73 babies recorded since 2016.
Social Security Administration records show Liyan recorded 73 times among boys since 2016, holding rank #8148 nationally today, ahead of 42% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #19,554 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,148 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 73 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Liyan ranks #19,554 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,148 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 73 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,554 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,148 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 73
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Liyan's 73 recorded births place it above 56.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Liyan compares
73 21st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Liyan's all-time total is 80% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Liyan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 73 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Liyan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Liyan splits its recorded history at 2021: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2020 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Liyan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Liyan popularity over time - girls
17 total births recorded since 2015 (Liyan as girls' name)
Liyan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (48 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Liyan's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Liyan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
- 2020s
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 48 births (66% of all-time use).
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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, 2016–2025 (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 Liyan 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.