Fun Facts About the Name Lyanna
- More than 3 thousand babies named Lyanna: U.S. records list 3,771 babies given the name Lyanna from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Lyanna Mean?
Lyanna is a feminine name most often treated as a variant spelling of Liana, also spelled Leanna or Lianna. Liana comes from the French word liane, "climbing vine," related to lier, "to bind," and ultimately to Latin ligare. On that reading the literal sense of the name is "climbing vine."
Liana itself has more than one background, however: it is also used as a short form of Eliana and as a pairing of Lee and Anna. Because the name can be traced in several directions, the meaning of Lyanna is not firmly settled, and the climbing-vine sense is simply the explanation most often given.
Lyanna Name History & Origins
Lyanna belongs to a group of related feminine forms - Liana, Leanna, Lianna - that came into wider use in English-speaking countries during the 20th century. The y spelling is a less common variant of those forms.
The name is now best known through Lyanna Stark in George R. R. Martin's fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, which began with A Game of Thrones in 1996, and in the television adaptation Game of Thrones from 2011. That character made the spelling familiar to a large audience, but the spelling is not exclusive to the series; it follows the older Liana and Leanna forms, which were already in use when the books appeared.
How Popular is the Name Lyanna?
Lyanna recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2019. Its best rank was #606 in 2019.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #877 | 305 | 0.0190% |
| 2024 | #957 | 272 | 0.0169% |
| 2023 | #1,015 | 250 | 0.0156% |
| 2022 | #1,049 | 243 | 0.0148% |
| 2021 | #978 | 266 | 0.0162% |
| 2020 | #766 | 355 | 0.0220% |
| 2019 | #606 | 500 | 0.0298% |
| 2018 | #849 | 320 | 0.0188% |
| 2017 | #862 | 318 | 0.0184% |
| 2016 | #1,167 | 216 | 0.0122% |
| 2015 | #2,832 | 62 | 0.0035% |
| 2014 | #2,876 | 60 | 0.0034% |
| 2013 | #2,796 | 62 | 0.0035% |
| 2012 | #3,504 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 2011 | #4,427 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2010 | #3,601 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 2009 | #3,988 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 2008 | #3,621 | 45 | 0.0024% |
| 2007 | #4,177 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2006 | #4,752 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2005 | #7,029 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2004 | #4,146 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2003 | #7,079 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2002 | #5,013 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2001 | #8,524 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #6,116 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1999 | #8,023 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #6,573 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1997 | #6,053 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1996 | #7,901 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #8,467 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #10,137 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #10,164 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #8,474 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #12,439 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #6,707 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1989 | #10,376 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #7,460 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #12,006 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #11,389 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #9,662 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1975 | #9,941 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Lyanna Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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