Lige
Last seen for boys in 2006 at #10,662
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 25 births
- Debut · boys
- 15 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,280since 1880
Lige over time
Rank among boys' names. Lige has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1947 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #1,532 | 19 |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #1,922 | 15 |
| 1931 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,317 | 12 |
| 1928 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #1,516 | 25 |
| 1926 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #2,012 | 16 |
| 1924 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1923 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1922 | #1,434 | 27 |
| 1921 | #1,980 | 17 |
| 1920 | #1,543 | 24 |
| 1919 | #1,408 | 26 |
| 1918 | #1,286 | 30 |
| 1917 | #1,643 | 20 |
| 1916 | #1,549 | 21 |
| 1915 | #1,181 | 30 |
| 1914 | #1,300 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,146 | 20 |
| 1912 | #935 | 23 |
| 1911 | #982 | 12 |
| 1910 | #928 | 12 |
| 1909 | #804 | 13 |
| 1908 | #685 | 15 |
| 1907 | #735 | 13 |
| 1906 | #709 | 12 |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #587 | 15 |
| 1903 | #846 | 8 |
| 1902 | #794 | 9 |
| 1901 | #727 | 9 |
| 1900 | #455 | 25 |
| 1899 | #714 | 9 |
| 1898 | #523 | 16 |
| 1897 | #615 | 12 |
| 1896 | #438 | 20 |
| 1895 | #476 | 18 |
| 1894 | #521 | 15 |
| 1893 | #459 | 16 |
| 1892 | #497 | 16 |
| 1891 | #411 | 18 |
| 1890 | #415 | 19 |
| 1889 | #446 | 17 |
| 1888 | #377 | 24 |
| 1887 | #631 | 9 |
| 1886 | #512 | 13 |
| 1885 | #462 | 16 |
| 1884 | #520 | 13 |
| 1883 | #371 | 21 |
| 1882 | #377 | 22 |
| 1881 | #324 | 25 |
| 1880 | #465 | 15 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Lige was already there! It came in at #465, and was given to 15 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1961, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Lige
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
- Biggest jump: 293 spots in 1906 (#1,002 → #709)
- Biggest drop: 415 spots in 1905 (#587 → #1,002)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #324 (25 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1880–1904
- Highest: 1 in 4,029 boys born in 1881 were named Lige (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,546 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
- 16.8% of all boys named Lige (215) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 175 | #324 (1881) | #449 |
| 1890s | 159 | #411 (1891) | #507 |
| 1900s | 126 | #455 (1900) | #734 |
| 1910s | 215 | #928 (1910) | #1,236 |
| 1920s | 188 | #1,434 (1922) | #1,886 |
| 1930s | 130 | #1,532 (1939) | #2,123 |
| 1940s | 107 | #1,611 (1948) | #2,445 |
| 1950s | 82 | #2,153 (1952) | #3,039 |
| 1960s | 40 | #2,858 (1963) | #3,507 |
| 1970s | 21 | #3,146 (1971) | #4,415 |
| 1980s | 21 | #5,926 (1986) | #6,203 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 16 | #10,662 (2006) | #10,895 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lige in 1887
Top boys' names in 1887
More about 1887
boys
101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 11,268 of them was named Lige, which outranked 40.9% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).