Livingston — #9896 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Livingston

The Social Security Administration has registered 952 babies named Livingston between 1890 and 2024, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Livingston currently holds the #9896 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 29 babies received it in a single year. Livingston is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 107 additional births since 2004.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Livingston performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Livingston shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Livingston in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Livingston 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 952 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.