# Lian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lian/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,705 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,579 / 1,126 (20% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 347, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 6,750 |
| 2012 | 41 | 3,831 |
| 2013 | 47 | 3,388 |
| 2014 | 29 | 4,851 |
| 2015 | 39 | 3,894 |
| 2016 | 46 | 3,446 |
| 2017 | 50 | 3,227 |
| 2018 | 41 | 3,712 |
| 2019 | 35 | 4,120 |
| 2020 | 43 | 3,526 |
| 2021 | 50 | 3,238 |
| 2022 | 39 | 3,866 |
| 2023 | 25 | 5,198 |
| 2024 | 32 | 4,438 |
| 2025 | 42 | 3,621 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 71 | 1,957 |
| 2012 | 79 | 1,855 |
| 2013 | 110 | 1,488 |
| 2014 | 119 | 1,420 |
| 2015 | 165 | 1,145 |
| 2016 | 196 | 1,025 |
| 2017 | 194 | 1,039 |
| 2018 | 209 | 994 |
| 2019 | 273 | 829 |
| 2020 | 293 | 793 |
| 2021 | 345 | 740 |
| 2022 | 393 | 687 |
| 2023 | 493 | 582 |
| 2024 | 595 | 515 |
| 2025 | 752 | 428 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,719 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1,282 |
| 2025 | 14 | 1,798 |

## People named Lian

- Peng Xiaolian, Chinese film director (1953-2019)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.