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“Variant of Leah — weary or delicate; the Amharic and Turkish form” — Hebrew (Amharic/Turkish form of Leah) origin
Girl's name · #1344 in the US (2025) · Trending
Liya is climbing: on the charts since 1992, it reached #1344 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 170 girls given the name last year. Roughly 2,400 have carried it all-time. Together with its spelling variants Lia (#200) and Liah (#1322), Liya would rank around #158 with about 1,900 births last year — the newborns split about 82/9/9 across Lia, Liah, and Liya.
Around the world: about 1 in 890 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 1,200 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 1,300 girls in Austria (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 41 notable people named Liya:
Entertainers appear 2.2× more often than among typical names — e.g. Liya Kebede, Ethiopian model and actress (born 1978).
Similar names: Leya · Zaina · Leen · Sia · Amariah · Jiya
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