Lia
Lia is a feminine given name. In the Spanish-speaking world, it is accented Lía. In English-speaking countries, the name may be a variant of Leah or Lea. The biblical matriarch Leah is known as Lia in the Latin Vulgate text.
- Italian
- Portuguese
- Catalan
- Georgian
Meaning & Origin of Lia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lia is a feminine given name. In the Spanish-speaking world, it is accented Lía. In English-speaking countries, the name may be a variant of Leah or Lea. The biblical matriarch Leah is known as Lia in the Latin Vulgate text.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Portuguese
- Catalan
- Georgian
- Greek
- Biblical Latin
- Dutch
- German
- Spanish
- Galician
The Story of Lia
Lia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1933, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2026: 1,687 births, good for #182 nationwide. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 32% of all recorded Lias. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #182 among baby girl names with 1,687 births, rising sharply (+36% over the past five years). In total, more than 30K Lias have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1930s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Lia
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Names that sound like Lia
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About the name Lia
Lia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1933 and has accumulated 30K births in the dataset. Lia's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #182. Use the chart and map above to compare Lia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.