Lilyanna
Feminine · “lily and grace”
Lilyanna joins Lily to Anna, and the lily is one of the oldest flower names in Europe — lilium in Latin, and probably borrowed into Latin from further east.
How old is the name Lilyanna?
Lilyanna first appears in US birth records in 1990 — 35 years ago. The typical Lilyanna is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 5,000 people named Lilyanna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lilyanna most popular?
Lilyanna peaked in 2011, reaching #848 nationally. Today it ranks #1643, 795 places below that high. See the whole 2011 chart.
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Where it comes from
From lilium to Lilyanna
The story of Lilyanna
The lily was the flower of the Virgin in medieval art and Lily became a Victorian English name. Anna is one of the most-used names in Europe. American families joined the two from the 2000s, and Lilyanna, Lilianna and Liliana appear together in the registers — the last of them a genuine Spanish and Italian name of separate origin. It is in current use.
Meaning
lily and grace
A compound of Lily, from the Latin lilium — itself probably a loan from an eastern Mediterranean language — and Anna, from the Hebrew channah, 'grace'. Both halves have transparent meanings; the joining is a modern American practice rather than an inherited compound.
How the name formed
- lilium
- Lily
- Lilyanna
Related forms: Lilianna · Liliana · Liliana
Pronouncing Lilyanna
lil-ee-AN-uh
Four syllables, stress on the third. Spanish Liliana says it the same way with crisper vowels.
Nicknames for Lilyanna
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
- 1990
- Most girls named
- 2011310 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #848reached in 2011
- Change vs 2024
- +3.3%126 in 2025, from 122
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.
Lilyanna in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lilianna in English — spelling variant
- Liliana in Spanish — related form
- Liliana in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Lilyannas among us
people named Lilyanna are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 12,756 born in 2025 was named Lilyanna
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Lilyanna
- #1643
- Lilyanna on the 2025 chart
- #48
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Lilyanna went to 126 girls in 2025, but Liliana, Lilliana and Lilianna and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 10 spellings went to 4,784, which makes it the 48th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,595 places above the chart.
and 2 rarer spellings.
About 1 girl in 336 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 12,756 for Lilyanna itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Lavera test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lilyanna's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lavera climbed just as high around 1916, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lavera's path sketches the road Lilyanna is walking now.
Lilyanna 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 Lilyanna is headed
Lilyanna is easing off slowly — about 16% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
High 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.
Lilyanna beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lilyanna in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Both halves have transparent, undisputed and attractive meanings.
- Lily and Anna are two short forms, both fully current names.
- Four syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- Liliana is a genuine Spanish and Italian name and is far commoner.
- At least three spellings of the sound are in use.
- The compound is a modern formation rather than an inherited name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lilyannas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 5,000 people named Lilyanna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Lilyanna?
- Lilyanna is one of 8 recorded spellings. Liliana is the more common one — 3,118 births in 2025 against 126 for Lilyanna.
- How popular is the name Lilyanna in 2025?
- Lilyanna ranks #1643 among US girl names in 2025, with 126 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lilyanna?
- About 1 in every 12,756 US girls born in 2025 was named Lilyanna — 126 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lilyanna with classmates?
- Lilyanna will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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