Livingston

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to boys 89.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1890 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
957
since 1890

Livingston over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #994, 1890girlsat peakboys
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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#11,9327#12,0085
2024#7,25115#9,8947
2023#10,3129#9,7637
2022#13,5926#7,26211
2021#8,46412#7,08911
2020#8,95311#10,6056
2019#11,3568#7,64310
2018#9,15111#8,8198
2017#9,94310#10,7756
2016#9,41111#9,6647
2015#10,8669#7,06611
2014#9,6427
2013#8,7898
2012
2011#12,2875
2010#9,6937
2009#12,4915
2008
2007#10,9216
2006#12,0555
2005
2004#16,0995#11,3565
2003#10,8945
2002#7,6438
2001
2000
1999#7,1398
1998#9,6315
1997#8,1106
1996#5,18711
1995#6,4078
1994
1993
1992#5,6609
1991#5,09610
1990#5,3829
1989#5,6158
1988#3,70513
1987#6,0896
1986#4,13010
1985
1984#4,9737
1983#6,2385
1982#5,6196
1981#5,4686
1980
1979#5,3556
1978#5,7725
1977
1976
1975#5,4645
1974#5,2275
1973#5,1015
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967#2,9858
1966#2,7849
1965#3,5376
1964#2,66510
1963#3,6466
1962#4,0335
1961#2,70610
1960#4,0385
1959
1958#2,50611
1957#2,27413
1956#2,16814
1955#2,30212
1954#2,59210
1953#3,1437
1952#2,8758
1951#2,8448
1950#2,5809
1949#1,70219
1948#2,02714
1947#2,49810
1946#2,14312
1945#2,7437
1944#2,08012
1943#2,40510
1942#2,38610
1941#2,20711
1940#2,32210
1939#2,05012
1938
1937#2,9057
1936#2,06212
1935#2,12712
1934#2,12112
1933#2,21411
1932#3,0927
1931#2,47110
1930#2,29312
1929#1,84817
1928#2,04815
1927#2,70310
1926#2,07415
1925#2,01216
1924#1,83919
1923#2,22414
1922#1,76520
1921#2,37613
1920#2,13115
1919#2,66510
1918#1,82718
1917#1,26429
1916#1,84916
1915#1,78216
1914#1,86812
1913#1,67611
1912#1,61910
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907#1,2006
1906
1905
1904
1903#1,0096
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1890#9945
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First appearance
1890

The first year at least five boys were named Livingston! It came in at #994, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1902, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Livingston
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2,114 spots since 2024 (#9,894#12,008)
  • 1,403 spots since 2020 (#10,605#12,008)
  • 4,942 spots since 2015 (#7,066#12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 1890 at #994 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1891, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1890
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,872
  • Highest: 1 in 19,872 boys born in 1903 were named Livingston (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #994 in 1890, was only 1 in 22,205 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.1% of all boys named Livingston (154) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2023
  • Mostly boys until 2022, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#994 (1890)#994
1900s12#1,009 (1903)#1,105
1910s122#1,264 (1917)#1,819
1920s154#1,765 (1922)#2,102
1930s95#2,050 (1939)#2,371
1940s115#1,702 (1949)#2,251
1950s92#2,168 (1956)#2,587
1960s59#2,665 (1964)#3,299
1970s26#5,101 (1973)#5,384
1980s61#3,705 (1988)#5,230
1990s66#5,096 (1991)#6,577
2000s34#7,643 (2002)#10,893
2010s69#7,066 (2015)#9,375
2020s47#7,089 (2021)#9,437

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.

Livingston in 1890

boys
#994
5 births · 1 in 22,205 boys

Top boys' names in 1890

  1. #1John8,502
  2. #2William7,494
  3. #3James5,097
  4. #4George4,458
  5. #5Charles4,061
  6. #6Frank3,078
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Robert2,541
  9. #9Henry2,349
  10. #10Harry2,345
  11. #994Livingston5
More about 1890

boys

111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 22,205 of them was named Livingston, which outranked 14.4% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Livingston
  1. #884Willam6
  2. #884Winston6
  3. #884Wright6
  4. #994Livingston5
  5. #994Add5
  6. #994Adolfo5
  7. #994Alberto5

Tied with 167 names at #994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 463Hoyt#974#511
  2. 441Ebb#974#533
  3. 371Eva#974#603
  4. 371Perley#974#603
  5. 371Jimmy#974#603
Fallers
  1. 530Alvie#464#994
  2. 438Thornton#446#884
  3. 420Hezekiah#464#884
  4. 413Essie#581#994
  5. 413Clare#581#994

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

See the top 100 for 1890