Liv
Liv is ranked 874th among girls in 2024 (308 births). Its best rank was 665th, in 2020.
- Rank in 2024
- #874down 172 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3080.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 2017437 births
- Best rank
- #665in 2020
- Since 1956
- 6,603people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,603 girls have been named Liv in the United States since 1956, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 437 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 784 → 874).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 52%. It has spent 13 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2017, its biggest year
Liv was the 672nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2017 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Isabella and Sophia. See all of 2017.
Names that rose and fell with Liv
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Atleypeak 2019
- Hadleepeak 2016
- Leenpeak 2024
- Sailorpeak 2016
- Adaliepeak 2023
- Jannatpeak 2018
- Raylynnpeak 2017
- Harmonipeak 2020
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.