Lively — #2455 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lively

The Social Security Administration has registered 566 babies named Lively between 2012 and 2024, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lively currently holds the #2455 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 74 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lively performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 338 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lively shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 94 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Lively in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lively 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 566 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.