girls:
3.2k births since 1975
#3068 (46th percentile)
overall:
3.2k births since 1975
#4819 (38th percentile)
The name Lyanna is the #4,819 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,193 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 37.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 37.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,068 (46.3% percentile) for all time with 3,193 births since 1975.
Lyanna first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (first recorded for girls in 1975). Birth data for Lyanna is available in 40 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Lyanna reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 45.9% percentile (ranked #512) with 272 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 272 births per million (ranked 45.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lyanna ranks #706 for girls (25.5% percentile) with 142 births per million, which is 52.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lyanna".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Lyanna. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.4% confident that Lyanna is pronounced as lee-A-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is lee-UH-nuh, at 17.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like L IY0 AE1 N AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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