Lilliana
- Pronunciation
- [Li-lli-a-na]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Purety And Beauty. Alternate Spelling: Liliana.
- Origin
- Spanish
About the Name Lilliana
Lilliana descends through Spanish/Italian Liliana, ultimately from the Latin lilium meaning "lily" — the flowering plant that has been a Christian symbol of purity and the Virgin Mary for over a millennium. The double-L spelling Lilliana is essentially a 20th-21st century American variant of the historically established Liliana.
The name has been used continuously across Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian naming traditions for centuries, anchored by the Christian flower symbolism. The contemporary American Lilliana surge is partly through the broader 21st-century American taste for Lily-family names (Lily, Lillian, Lilliana, Liliana) and partly through Spanish-American naming.
Lilliana's American climb is recent: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 2000 to the US top 300 girls' rank by 2014 and the top 300 since. Notable bearers include American actress Lilliana Vazquez (the Mexican-American TV personality); contemporary American gymnast Lilliana Salinas; and various contemporary American actresses. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the layered Latin-Christian-flower pedigree, the popular four-syllable structure that nicknames easily, and the in-built distinctive Lily-family heritage. Four flowing syllables, soft consonants, and tonal warmth distinctive to Latin-derived names. Common nicknames Lily (the dominant short form, casual and warm — also a popular standalone name), Lil, Liana, Ana (back-end shortening), and the rare Lila each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Liliana, Lilliana, and Lilianna have their own SSA tracking. International forms include Liliana (Italian/Spanish/Portuguese), Lilianne (French), and the broader Lily/Lillian/Lilith family.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Lilliana
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Lilliana by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2013 with 1,230 girls named Lilliana (girl rank #262 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #446 for girls (695 US births). That's 184 places below its 2013 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Lilliana Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Lilliana the strongest states are Rhode Island, New Mexico, Maine.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhode Island | #117 | 40 |
| 2 | New Mexico | #137 | 116 |
| 3 | Maine | #207 | 23 |
| 4 | Connecticut | #241 | 133 |
| 5 | West Virginia | #252 | 54 |
| 6 | Arizona | #269 | 243 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | #274 | 400 |
| 8 | Michigan | #275 | 322 |
| 9 | Ohio | #283 | 386 |
| 10 | Nevada | #286 | 83 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | #675 | 66 |
| 2 | Utah | #609 | 42 |
| 3 | Louisiana | #585 | 74 |
| 4 | Arkansas | #546 | 55 |
| 5 | Georgia | #525 | 192 |
| 6 | Mississippi | #492 | 41 |
| 7 | South Carolina | #488 | 92 |
| 8 | Tennessee | #476 | 160 |
| 9 | Maryland | #468 | 106 |
| 10 | California | #422 | 804 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Lilliana in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Lilliana to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Lilliana against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).