Liana

Meaning: Possibly 'downy-bearded youth' or 'devoted to Jove'
Origin: Variant of Juliana (from Latin, of uncertain further origin)

Girl's name · #386 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Liana is climbing: on the charts since 1929, it reached #386 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 800 girls given the name last year. Roughly 21,000 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 35 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#51 in Switzerland (2025) · #84 in Austria (2025) · #113 in Slovenia (2025) · #138 in Sweden (2025) · #166 in Norway (2025) · #195 in Belgium (2025) · #232 in Ecuador (2025) · #257 in Poland (2025) · #265 in France (2025) · #294 in New Zealand (2025) · #300 in England & Wales (2025) · #399 in Ireland (2025) and 3 more.

Famous Lianas

Liana Liberato — American actress
Liana Badr — Palestinian novelist and short story writer
Liana Isakadze — Soviet and Georgian violinist, music educator, conductor (1946–2024)
Liana Orfei — Italian actor (born 1937)
Liana Tsotadze — Olympic diver

In stories & tradition

Liana Loops — Lyla in the Loop (TV series)

What Lianas become

Among 210 notable people named Liana:

Entertainers appear 1.93× more often than among typical names — e.g. Liana Liberato, American actress.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Lyanna (#877), Liyana (#1059), and Lianna (#1105), Liana would rank around #200 with about 1,600 births last year — the newborns split about 51/20/15/14 across Liana, Lyanna, Liyana, and Lianna.

Similar names: Lyanna · Viviana · Lilliana · Alina · Francesca · Adelina

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