Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lija through the years
Babies since 1880
11
0 boys · 11 girls
Most popular year
2014
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
Lija in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1979–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 200 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lija’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Lija shares a linguistic root with the Italian form Lia. In Latvian usage, Lija shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Lía.