Girls' name · since 1971
Lyana
Lyana has 956 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,753 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,225 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 956
- born since 1971
- 2020s
- peak decade
956 babies have been named Lyana since 1971, making it today's #2225 girls' name.
Lyana has 956 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2225 as of the latest data, more common than 87% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #7,753 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,225 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 956 born since 1971
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lyana ranks #7,753 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,225 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 956 born since 1971, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,753 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,225 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 956
- born since 1971
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lyana's 956 recorded births place it above 89.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Lyana compares
956 Top 33% higher than 67% of 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
Lyana's all-time total is 154% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lyana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 956 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 83 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lyana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lyana's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 80% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 20%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 83, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lyana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 83
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Lyana by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (311 births, 33% of the file).
2020s was Lyana's strongest decade.
311 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Lyana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 30
1980s
30 births
- 1990s 83
1990s
83 births
- 2000s
2000s
218 births
- 2010s
2010s
309 births
- 2020s
2020s
311 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 311 births (33% of all-time use).
How Lyana compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lyana's total volume
Lyana by state
Where Lyana concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 76 | 7.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 71 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 57 | 6.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 25 | 2.6% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.5% |
76 of 956 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- California records the most Lyanas (76 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Lyana: 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 (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Lyana 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.