Girls' name · since 2004
Livy
550 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.
- #11,173 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,991 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 550
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
550 babies have been named Livy since 2004, making it today's #2991 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Livy recorded 550 times among girls since 2004, holding rank #2991 nationally today, ahead of 83% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #11,173 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,991 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 550 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Livy ranks #11,173 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,991 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 550 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,173 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,991 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 550
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Livy's 550 recorded births place it above 84.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Livy compares
550 Top 43% higher than 57% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Livy's all-time total is 46% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Livy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 550 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 56 | 21 | 19,840 |
Livy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Livy splits its recorded history at 2016: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2007 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 56 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Livy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 56
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Livy by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (263 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Livy's strongest decade.
263 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Livy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 25
2000s
25 births
- 2010s
2010s
262 births
- 2020s
2020s
263 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 263 births (48% of all-time use).
How Livy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Livy's total volume
Livy by state
Where Livy concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 30 | 5.5% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Minnesota | | 5 | 0.9% |
30 of 550 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Livy's data
- Texas records the most Livys (30 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Livy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2004–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Livy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.