The first name Lilyana
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Transliteration of Bulgarian Лиляна (Liljana), equivalent to English Lilian.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 8 girls were named Lilyana, making it the 3,035th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2021, with 17 births (#1,692).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Lilyana with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Lilyana at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 237 girls born in the United States were named Lilyana, the 1,050th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2012, when 650 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Lilyana
1 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Lilyana TomovaBulgarian middle distance runner, born 1946
Questions
- What does the name Lilyana mean?
- Transliteration of Bulgarian Лиляна (Liljana), equivalent to English Lilian.
- How popular is the name Lilyana?
- In 2025, 8 girls born in England and Wales were named Lilyana, ranking 3,035th. Its peak was 2021, with 17 births.
- Is Lilyana a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 9,872 US babies named Lilyana since 1880 were girls.
- When was Lilyana most popular?
- 2012 in the United States, when 650 babies were named Lilyana, its highest rank at 472nd.