first name
LIBBY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 13,353 people named Libby, 85.3% reported their origin as White, 5.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.4% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Libby peaked in 2009, when 355 babies got the name.
At least 17,971 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Libby by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #1,217. The largest share of babies named Libby, 23.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Libby is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Libby has been most common in New York (2.4×), North Carolina (2.3×), and Maine (1.7×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.22×).
12,044 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Libby
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Libby, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Libby ranks #3,505 of 156,621, with 9,917 people. See Libby as a last name
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