Livy — #2950 US girls' name
493 babies named Livy in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 83% of names given to girls today.
53% of everyone ever named Livy was born in this single decade.
56 babies were named Livy in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Livy
The Social Security Administration has registered 493 babies named Livy between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Livy currently holds the #2950 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 56 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Livy performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 261 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Livy shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Livy in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Livy 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 493 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.
Livy at a glance
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Current rank
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Livy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2004
- Peak year (2024)
- 56
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
Currently ranks #2950 among girls.
493 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 56 births in a single year.
Livy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 261 births that decade — 53% of Livy's all-time total
Livy decade highlights
- Peak decade 261 births
- Runner-up 207 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Livy's strongest decade
261 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Livy by state
Where Livy concentrates geographically — total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 24 | 4.9% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 6 | 1.2% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 1.0% |
24 of 493 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.9% of nationwide
- Louisiana 1.2% of nationwide
- California 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.9% 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, 2004–2024 (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.