Liah

Meaning: Weary or delicate
Origin: Variant of Leah (from Hebrew)

Girl's name · #1322 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Liah is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1979, it stood at #1322 in 2025; about 2,700 girls have been named Liah along the way.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#100 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #211 in Ecuador (2025) · #547 in Austria (2025) · #962 in Switzerland (2025) · #966 in Mexico (2024) · #1,200 in Sweden (2025) · #2,869 in France (2025) · #2,591 in Canada (2024).

Famous Liahs

Liah Greenfeld — Russian-American Professor of Sociology
Liah O'Prey — Spanish actor (born 1999)
Liah Yoo — South Korean entrepreneur

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Lia (#200) and Liya (#1344), Liah would rank around #158 with about 1,900 births last year — the newborns split about 82/9/9 across Lia, Liah, and Liya.

Similar names: Lea · Elyana · Liv · Elly · Amariah · Liora

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