Girls' name · since 2012
Liyanah
Since 2012, U.S. Social Security records show 35 babies named Liyanah, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #39,196 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,287 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 35
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Liyanah currently ranks #8287 among girls' names in America, with 35 babies recorded since 2012.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Liyanah has been recorded 35 times among girls since 2012, currently ranked #8287 nationally and more common than 52% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #39,196 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,287 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 35 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Liyanah ranks #39,196 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,287 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 35 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #39,196 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,287 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 35
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Liyanah's 35 recorded births place it above 45.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Liyanah compares
35 12th 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
Liyanah's all-time total is 91% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Liyanah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 35 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Liyanah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Liyanah's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Liyanah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Liyanah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (19 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Liyanah's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Liyanah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 19 births (54% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Liyanah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~13 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, 2012–2025 (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 Liyanah 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.