NameTides

Liv

Liv was the #895 girls' name in the US in 2025 (296 babies), and #2,278 in England & Wales and #444 in Canada.

Liv as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Liv as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandScotlandUSEngland & Wales
Liv as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#895 (296)#2,278 (12)#632 (4)#608 (5)#444 (69)
2024#873 (309)#2,772 (9)#790 (3)#898 (3)#352 (85)
2023#702 (405)#1,575 (19)#749 (3)#625 (5)#400 (75)
2022#729 (401)#1,245 (26)#531 (5)#634 (5)#366 (83)
2021#685 (424)#1,569 (19)#792 (3)#661 (5)#282 (114)
2020#666 (432)#1,127 (29)#471 (6)#544 (6)#274 (110)
2019#668 (434)#1,439 (21)#650 (4)#716 (4)#290 (111)
2018#681 (429)#1,170 (29)#809 (3)#734 (4)#381 (86)
2017#672 (437)#1,733 (17)#570 (5)—#404 (83)
2016#697 (414)#1,416 (23)#675 (4)#750 (4)#464 (72)
2015#717 (396)#1,088 (32)—#660 (5)#482 (67)
2014#783 (357)#1,234 (27)#603 (5)—#640 (47)
2013#926 (274)#1,639 (18)——#537 (56)
2012#1,060 (237)#1,387 (23)——#710 (40)
2011#951 (270)#1,117 (30)#579 (5)—#894 (29)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #666.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1956.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Liv is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,000 to 1 in 6,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Liv by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #628NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: #459CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #675CAUtah: #408UTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #748AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #813TNNorth Carolina: #1,057NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,006TXFlorida: #634FL
Liv (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#20628
Ontario2024#59021

Liv (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LivCanadaGirls#44469
LivEngland & WalesGirls#2,27812
LivIrelandGirls#6085
LivNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LivScotlandGirls#6324
LivUSGirls#895296