Liara
Feminine
Liara reached wider notice through a video-game character in 2007, and the sound sits between Lia, Kiara and the Latin for a lyre.
How old is the name Liara?
Liara first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Liara is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Liara are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Liara most popular?
Liara peaked in 2025, reaching #2002 nationally. Today it ranks #2002, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Liara
Our story of Liara is a story of a name arriving from a screen. The sound had components in circulation — Lia was in use, Kiara was rising, and the -ara ending was busy. Then a 2007 science-fiction game gave the name to a scientist character who became one of its best-known figures, and the American registers pick it up from the years after. Its whole documented history is a decade and a half long, and that is an honest account.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No established etymology. It is generally read as a modern coinage on the Li- front and -ara ending. Occasional attributions to Greek or Latin are not documented. The name was used for a character in a 2007 science-fiction game, which is the documented arrival.
Pronouncing Liara
lee-AR-uh
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Some bearers say LY-uh-ruh with the stress at the front.
Nicknames for Liara
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1991
- Most girls named
- 202595 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2002reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +41.8%95 in 2025, from 67
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Liara in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Liarah in English — spelling variant
- Lyara in English — spelling variant
- Kiara in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, California.
Liaras among us
people named Liara are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 16,919 born in 2025 was named Liara
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Infinity test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Liara's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Infinity climbed just as high around 1997, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Infinity's path sketches the road Liara is walking now.
Liara sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Liara is headed
Liara looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 17% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Liara beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Liara in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Lia and Ara are two short forms, both names in their own right.
- Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- It is genuinely rare and immediately distinctive.
- There is no inherited meaning, and honest sources say so.
- The stress placement splits between two readings.
- Kiara and Liana are both close enough to cause confusion.
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Frequently asked
- How many Liaras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Liara are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Liara in 2025?
- Liara ranks #2002 among US girl names in 2025, with 95 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Liara?
- About 1 in every 16,919 US girls born in 2025 was named Liara — 95 in all.
- Will my child share the name Liara with classmates?
- Liara will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Liara
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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