Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lilyana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,872
- 0 boys · 9,872 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 650 babies
- 2025
- 237
- #1,050 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −27%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 237 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,050 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 27.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 650 in 2012. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (39). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,562 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.
Lilyana’s family of names
In English usage, Lilyana was borrowed from the Bulgarian form Лиляна.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lilyana
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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