Libby

#1,144 for girls in 2025, 202 births · Last seen for boys in 1955 at #3,886
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1934 · 119 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
17,966
since 1881

Libby over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Libby has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201936peak #604, 1934girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,144202
2024#1,120216
2023#1,094225
2022#1,022253
2021#1,181206
2020#1,152205
2019#1,000258
2018#1,085232
2017#1,069239
2016#1,046252
2015#997270
2014#887306
2013#888290
2012#916282
2011#927279
2010#793346
2009#797355
2008#882316
2007#866323
2006#789347
2005#780333
2004#824301
2003#922256
2002#977226
2001#1,011212
2000#1,065194
1999#1,249150
1998#1,161162
1997#1,218147
1996#1,261138
1995#1,214141
1994#1,444110
1993#1,67989
1992#1,73086
1991#1,67788
1990#1,503103
1989#1,91068
1988#1,78870
1987#1,39896
1986#1,44788
1985#1,39592
1984#1,55073
1983#1,30393
1982#1,32594
1981#1,29498
1980#1,169115
1979#1,44284
1978#1,47377
1977#1,23198
1976#992128
1975#1,012119
1974#1,003120
1973#897139
1972#972124
1971#1,074112
1970#1,036119
1969#826155
1968#760171
1967#678204
1966#757169
1965#741181
1964#731203
1963#675221
1962#646245
1961#634257
1960#618264
1959#647239
1958#626245
1957#684209
1956#757165
1955#839134#3,8865
1954#745154
1953#749148
1952#761137
1951#819119
1950#794119
1949#714141
1948#715138
1947#674155
1946#680137
1945#722106
1944#701114
1943#778100
1942#76298
1941#699101
1940#80278
1939#70593
1938#646112
1937#69597
1936#67297
1935#67996
1934#604119
1933#610113
1932#71590
1931#81969
1930#89465
1929#80976
1928#90266
1927#73694
1926#89369
1925#97059
1924#86176
1923#81980
1922#90665
1921#717104
1920#79183
1919#651114
1918#632125
1917#657107
1916#663106
1915#632108
1914#73661
1913#71253
1912#66856
1911#65044
1910#71035
1909#71931
1908#82922
1907#77523
1906#79321
1905#73424
1904#83719
1903#89615
1902#1,07511
1901#79517
1900#78022
1899#79117
1898#76819
1897#1,03710
1896#67022
1895#85814
1894#90512
1893#1,4375
1892#95810
1891#9439
1890#87210
1889#1,2795
1888#9598
1887#8608
1886#8288
1885#69510
1884#1,0245
1883
1882
1881#8305
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Libby! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Libby
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 24 spots since 2024 (#1,120#1,144)
  • 8 spots since 2020 (#1,152#1,144)
  • 147 spots since 2015 (#997#1,144)
  • Biggest jump: 532 spots in 1894 (#1,437#905)
  • Biggest drop: 479 spots in 1893 (#958#1,437)
Rise & fade · girls
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1934 at #604 (119 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 100 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1903–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,138
  • Highest: 1 in 5,138 girls born in 2010 were named Libby (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,957 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #604 in 1934, was only 1 in 8,775 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 15.9% of all girls named Libby (2,863) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s49#695 (1885)#925
1890s128#670 (1896)#924
1900s205#719 (1909)#823
1910s809#632 (1918)#671
1920s772#717 (1921)#840
1930s951#604 (1934)#704
1940s1,168#674 (1947)#725
1950s1,669#626 (1958)#742
1960s2,070#618 (1960)#707
1970s1,120#897 (1973)#1,113
1980s887#1,169 (1980)#1,458
1990s1,214#1,161 (1998)#1,414
2000s2,863#780 (2005)#891
2010s2,754#793 (2010)#961
2020s1,307#1,022 (2022)#1,119

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Libby in 1936

girls
#672
97 births · 1 in 10,726 girls

Top girls' names in 1936

  1. #1Mary54,377
  2. #2Shirley35,161
  3. #3Barbara31,682
  4. #4Betty25,868
  5. #5Patricia23,916
  6. #6Dorothy17,666
  7. #7Joan17,072
  8. #8Nancy16,755
  9. #9Margaret14,596
  10. #10Carol14,520
  11. #672Libby97
More about 1936

girls

1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 10,726 of them was named Libby, which outranked 86.2% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Libby
  1. #666Richard98
  2. #666Rubye98
  3. #666Sophia98
  4. #672Libby97
  5. #672Camilla97
  6. #672Erna97
  7. #672Marianna97
  8. #679Carrol96
  9. #679Gaye96
  10. #679Gertie96

Tied with 6 names at #672; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1935
Risers
  1. 3,238Shelba#3,742#504
  2. 662Shelby#840#178
  3. 600Wendy#1,418#818
  4. 588Deanna#1,356#768
  5. 546Shari#1,514#968
Fallers
  1. 1,028Norita#713#1,741
  2. 506Vernetta#974#1,480
  3. 461Ozella#984#1,445
  4. 400Shirleyann#896#1,296
  5. 342Idell#925#1,267

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1936