Liana is a distinctive choice, ranked #297 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Liana in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#297
US Rank #386
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About the Name Liana
2024 marks Liana's peak year in UK records so far, sitting at UK #347. The name has climbed 83 places in the last five years — a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Liana is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Liana in their class.
In the US it sits at #418 — notably more popular in the UK than across the Atlantic.
⭐ Famous People Named Liana
Lily Estelita Liana — Lily Estelita Liana, popularly known as Estelita Liana, is an Indonesian National Narcotics Board of the Republic of Indonesia Ambassador, doctor, fashion model and a beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2014.
Liana Hinds — Liana Kayla-Marie Hinds is an American-born Trinidadian footballer who plays as a defender for the Trinidad and Tobago women's national team.
Liana Mirashnichenka — Liana Mirashnichenka is a Belarusian football midfielder currently playing for FC Minsk.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Liana
Unlikely. With around 150 UK babies named Liana per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Liana in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Liana is at its highest recorded position — #297 in 2025, with 150 births. In 2020 it ranked #430.
Liana is more popular in the UK (#347) than in the US (#418). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Liana include: Lily Estelita Liana, Liana Hinds and Liana Mirashnichenka. Short summaries for each appear below.
Liana appears in the US top 500 at #418 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
150
UK babies named Liana (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 133 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Liana
Almost certainly the only Liana in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Liana
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Lily Estelita Liana, popularly known as Estelita Liana, is an Indonesian National Narcotics Board of the Republic of Indonesia Ambassador, doctor, fashion model and a beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2014.
Garyfallia "Liana" Kanelli (Greek: Γαρυφαλλιά (Λιάνα) Κανέλλη; born 20 March 1954) is a Greek journalist and Member of the Greek Parliament for the Communist Party of Greece since 2000.