Liv
#895 for girls in 2025, 296 births
- Peak · girls
- 2020 · 432 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,901since 1956
Liv over time
Rank among girls' names. Liv has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #895 | 296 |
| 2024 | #873 | 309 |
| 2023 | #702 | 405 |
| 2022 | #729 | 401 |
| 2021 | #685 | 424 |
| 2020 | #666 | 432 |
| 2019 | #668 | 434 |
| 2018 | #681 | 429 |
| 2017 | #672 | 437 |
| 2016 | #697 | 414 |
| 2015 | #717 | 396 |
| 2014 | #783 | 357 |
| 2013 | #926 | 274 |
| 2012 | #1,060 | 237 |
| 2011 | #951 | 270 |
| 2010 | #1,234 | 195 |
| 2009 | #1,366 | 174 |
| 2008 | #1,717 | 129 |
| 2007 | #1,988 | 103 |
| 2006 | #2,267 | 84 |
| 2005 | #1,969 | 97 |
| 2004 | #1,726 | 112 |
| 2003 | #2,144 | 81 |
| 2002 | #3,196 | 44 |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 |
| 2000 | #3,591 | 36 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
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| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 |
| 1978 | #3,924 | 18 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
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| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
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| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
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| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Liv! It came in at #5,952, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1956–1972, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Liv is popular in 2014
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#225 · 1 in 677
- Utah#250 · 1 in 953
- Iowa#353 · 1 in 1,440
- Minnesota#366 · 1 in 1,543
- Wisconsin#443 · 1 in 1,924
Best ever in a state: #177 in District of Columbia, 2011.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #225 | 5 | 1 in 677 |
| Utah | #250 | 19 | 1 in 953 |
| Iowa | #353 | 9 | 1 in 1,440 |
| Minnesota | #366 | 16 | 1 in 1,543 |
| Wisconsin | #443 | 12 | 1 in 1,924 |
| Massachusetts | #580 | 8 | 1 in 3,174 |
| Colorado | #614 | 8 | 1 in 2,905 |
| Washington | #644 | 10 | 1 in 3,140 |
| Florida | #656 | 24 | 1 in 3,489 |
| California | #663 | 56 | 1 in 3,744 |
| Illinois | #698 | 16 | 1 in 3,686 |
| Pennsylvania | #705 | 13 | 1 in 4,093 |
| New York | #734 | 24 | 1 in 3,852 |
| South Carolina | #737 | 5 | 1 in 3,652 |
| Arizona | #871 | 7 | 1 in 4,529 |
| Maryland | #877 | 5 | 1 in 4,862 |
| Georgia | #955 | 9 | 1 in 5,356 |
| Michigan | #984 | 7 | 1 in 6,025 |
| Indiana | #1,027 | 5 | 1 in 6,108 |
| New Jersey | #1,034 | 6 | 1 in 6,185 |
| Texas | #1,035 | 26 | 1 in 6,414 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Liv
- 22 spots since 2024 (#873 → #895)
- 229 spots since 2020 (#666 → #895)
- 178 spots since 2015 (#717 → #895)
- Biggest jump: 283 spots in 2011 (#1,234 → #951)
- Biggest drop: 171 spots in 2024 (#702 → #873)
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 2020 at #666 (432 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2013–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,742 girls born in 2020 were named Liv (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,430 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 49.9% of all girls named Liv (3,443) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10 | #5,952 (1956) | #6,028 |
| 1960s | 5 | #7,471 (1969) | #7,471 |
| 1970s | 129 | #3,110 (1974) | #4,417 |
| 1980s | 73 | #4,025 (1982) | #6,769 |
| 1990s | 84 | #5,799 (1998) | #9,218 |
| 2000s | 890 | #1,366 (2009) | #2,407 |
| 2010s | 3,443 | #668 (2019) | #839 |
| 2020s | 2,267 | #666 (2020) | #758 |
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.
Liv in 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 5,004 of them was named Liv, which outranked 95.9% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #780Denise359
- #780Monroe359
- #780Wendy359
- #783Liv357
- #783Aubrielle357
- #783Danika357
- #783Nathaly357
- #787Celia356
- #787Miley356
- #787Taliyah356
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.