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How popular is the name Lia?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lias are alive today.
Lia (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Leah in England and Wales, ranked 434th in 2025 with 93 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2002, when 134 babies were given the name, the 283rd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2021, with 118 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 663 in 2012 before climbing back to the 434th place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Leah you are most likely to meet is around 23 years old. Half of all Leahs born in England and Wales are between 17 and 30, and there are at least 47,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 14% chance that at least one of them will be called Leah.
How many babies are named Lia each year?
Includes all spellings: Lia, Leah, Liya. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Lia spelling rank?
Where does the Leah spelling rank?
Where does the Liya spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Lia most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Leah, peaked in 2004, when 2,304 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Lia spelling itself peaked in 2002, with 134 babies.
How many people are called Lia?
At least 47,000 people named Lia in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Lia?
Most living Lias are between 17 and 30; the most common age is about 23.
Is Lia becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.