Liev — #4171 US boys' name
501 babies named Liev in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 71% of names given to boys today.
72% of everyone ever named Liev was born in this single decade.
58 babies were named Liev in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Liev
The Social Security Administration has registered 501 babies named Liev between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Liev currently holds the #4171 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 58 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Liev performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 363 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Liev shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 69 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Liev in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Liev in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 501 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Liev at a glance
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Current rank
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Liev popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2007
- Peak year (2016)
- 58
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
Currently ranks #4171 among boys.
501 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 58 births in a single year.
Liev by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 363 births that decade — 72% of Liev's all-time total
Liev decade highlights
- Peak decade 363 births
- Runner-up 118 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Liev's strongest decade
363 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% of all-time use.
Liev by state
Where Liev concentrates geographically — total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 69 | 13.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 60 | 12.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 13 | 2.6% |
69 of 501 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.8% of nationwide
- New York 12.0% of nationwide
- Texas 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2007–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.