Lias
Meaning and origin
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Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Lias has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 12 |
| 2007 | 10 |
| 2008 | 15 |
| 2009 | 14 |
| 2010 | 20 |
| 2011 | 22 |
| 2012 | 21 |
| 2013 | 11 |
| 2014 | 10 |
| 2015 | 17 |
| 2016 | 18 |
| 2017 | 52 |
| 2018 | 141 |
| 2019 | 119 |
| 2020 | 121 |
| 2021 | 100 |
| 2022 | 53 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | 10 |
| 2004 | 12 |
| 2005 | 17 |
| 2006 | 30 |
| 2007 | 40 |
| 2008 | 56 |
| 2009 | 71 |
| 2010 | 92 |
| 2011 | 114 |
| 2012 | 135 |
| 2013 | 145 |
| 2014 | 155 |
| 2015 | 172 |
| 2016 | 192 |
| 2017 | 250 |
| 2018 | 394 |
| 2019 | 512 |
| 2020 | 631 |
Lias in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Lias.Hi! My name is Lias.
- Lias har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Lias has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Lias kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Lias is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Lias mamma är lärare.Lias's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Lias mamma is Lias's mum. Because Lias already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Lias
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How popular is Lias in Sweden?
53 babies were named Lias in 2022. In 2020, 631 people in Sweden had Lias as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2018 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.