Lige

Last seen for boys in 2006 at #10,662

Peak · boys
1881 · 25 births
Debut · boys
15 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,280
since 1880

Lige over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lige has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201894peak #324, 1881boys
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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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2006#10,6626
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2004#11,3565
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2002#10,6675
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1986#5,9266
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1983#6,2385
1982#6,3855
1981#6,2625
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1975#5,4645
1974#4,6346
1973—
1972—
1971#3,14610
1970—
1969#4,4045
1968—
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1966—
1965#3,5376
1964#3,6016
1963#2,8589
1962#3,3057
1961—
1960#3,3377
1959#2,8219
1958#3,5596
1957#3,9935
1956#3,2167
1955#3,8865
1954#3,1767
1953#2,53110
1952#2,15313
1951#2,8448
1950#2,20712
1949#2,02214
1948#1,61121
1947#1,98815
1946#2,6908
1945#2,3939
1944#2,19511
1943#3,2316
1942#2,7128
1941#3,1336
1940#2,4789
1939#1,53219
1938#3,1756
1937#1,68817
1936#2,06212
1935#2,5299
1934#1,93214
1933#2,09312
1932#1,92215
1931#2,00314
1930#2,29312
1929#2,31712
1928#2,27013
1927#1,51625
1926#2,30213
1925#2,01216
1924#1,83919
1923#1,64422
1922#1,43427
1921#1,98017
1920#1,54324
1919#1,40826
1918#1,28630
1917#1,64320
1916#1,54921
1915#1,18130
1914#1,30021
1913#1,14620
1912#93523
1911#98212
1910#92812
1909#80413
1908#68515
1907#73513
1906#70912
1905#1,0027
1904#58715
1903#8468
1902#7949
1901#7279
1900#45525
1899#7149
1898#52316
1897#61512
1896#43820
1895#47618
1894#52115
1893#45916
1892#49716
1891#41118
1890#41519
1889#44617
1888#37724
1887#6319
1886#51213
1885#46216
1884#52013
1883#37121
1882#37722
1881#32425
1880#46515
First appearance
1880

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.

Where Lige is popular in 1894

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lige
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #324 (25 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1880–1904
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,029
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 16.8% of all boys named Lige (215) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s175#324 (1881)#449
1890s159#411 (1891)#507
1900s126#455 (1900)#734
1910s215#928 (1910)#1,236
1920s188#1,434 (1922)#1,886
1930s130#1,532 (1939)#2,123
1940s107#1,611 (1948)#2,445
1950s82#2,153 (1952)#3,039
1960s40#2,858 (1963)#3,507
1970s21#3,146 (1971)#4,415
1980s21#5,926 (1986)#6,203
1990s0——
2000s16#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 1894

boys
#521
15 births · 1 in 7,718 boys

Top boys' names in 1894

  1. #1John8,237
  2. #2William7,274
  3. #3James5,110
  4. #4George4,365
  5. #5Charles3,788
  6. #6Joseph2,977
  7. #7Frank2,863
  8. #8Robert2,497
  9. #9Henry2,278
  10. #10Harry2,189
  11. #521Lige15
More about 1894

boys

115,768 boys got a published name in 1894; 1 in 7,718 of them was named Lige, which outranked 57.9% of the 1,239 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lige
  1. #502Son16
  2. #502Stuart16
  3. #502Warner16
  4. #521Lige15
  5. #521Abel15
  6. #521Bessie15
  7. #521Buster15
  8. #543Bennett14
  9. #543Bertha14
  10. #543Beverly14

Tied with 21 names at #521; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Levy#1,035 → #521
  2. ↑ 514Orrin#1,035 → #521
  3. ↑ 488Alvie#907 → #419
  4. ↑ 468Jonnie#1,035 → #567
  5. ↑ 441Carson#1,035 → #594
Fallers
  1. ↓ 683Lindsay#391 → #1,074
  2. ↓ 519Minnie#435 → #954
  3. ↓ 475Ludwig#479 → #954
  4. ↓ 459Alice#615 → #1,074
  5. ↓ 459Julia#615 → #1,074

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

See the top 100 for 1894 →