girl's name
Lyanna
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 7,281
the United States
#877
2025 births
Lyanna is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 305 babies in the United States, ranking #877. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
- Peaked in 2019, when 500 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 10,870 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1975.
Lyanna over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 11 |
| 1980s | 27 |
| 1990s | 109 |
| 2000s | 272 |
| 2010s | 1,661 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 1,692 |
How popular is Lyanna?
In 2025, Lyanna was given to 305 babies in the United States, ranking #877 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Lyanna is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Lyanna is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Ly-Anna | Ly-Anna is Lyanna written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in France. | 15 |
Names that peaked alongside Lyanna
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Lyanna also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Lyanna over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Lyanna
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Lyanna — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Lyanna
How popular is the name Lyanna?
In 2025, Lyanna was given to 305 babies in the United States, ranking #877 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Lyanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Lyanna is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Lyanna most popular?
Lyanna peaked in 2019, when 500 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Lyanna a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lyanna currently ranks #253 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.