How rare is the name Liv?

5,162 people in the United States have the first name Liv, about 1 in 58,511. It ranks #3,823 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

LIV

#3,823

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,162
About
1 in 58,511
This common or more
83.1%
Who bears it

Of the 5,162 people named Liv, 75.7% reported their origin as White, 11.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.8% as two or more races. 99.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Liv peaked in 2017, when 437 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19562025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
437
In 2025*
296 ▼32%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,901 babies have been given the name since 1956. 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.

Liv by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,438. The largest share of babies named Liv, 72.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#13,00310
1960s#17,2535
1970s#7,090129
1980s#12,09273
1990s#14,41984
2000s#3,611890
2010s#1,5003,443
2020s#1,4382,267
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–802.1%
Millennials 1981–961.5%
Generation Z 1997–1223.6%
2013 and later72.6%

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 Liv is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Liv has been most common in Utah (5.3×), Minnesota (2.5×), and Florida (2.5×), and least common in Tennessee (0.27×).

5,290 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.

Exactly as common as Liv

2 other first names also have 5,162 people.

#3,823 Amberly · 5,162#3,823 Desire · 5,162

Either side of Liv

#3,823 Amberly · 5,162#3,823 Desire · 5,162#3,826 Malaya · 5,161#3,827 Qing · 5,158

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Liv, most common first.

#16,607 Livi · 676#21,875 Livy · 460#40,339 Liva · 185

Also a last name

As a last name, Liv ranks #64,670 of 156,621, with 332 people. See Liv as a last name

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