How rare is the name Ly?

4,610 people in the United States have the first name Ly, about 1 in 65,517. It ranks #4,164 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LY

#4,164

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,610
About
1 in 65,517
This common or more
83.6%
Who bears it

Of the 4,610 people named Ly, 95% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 1.9% as White and 1.3% as two or more races. 71.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ly peaked in 1984, when 32 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19732008
Peak year
1984
Births that year
32
In 2008
8 ▼75%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 399 babies have been given the name since 1973. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Ly by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #5,945. The largest share of babies named Ly, 74.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#13,91335
1980s#5,945221
1990s#12,044112
2000s#28,70231
Generation X 1965–8014.8%
Millennials 1981–9674.9%
Generation Z 1997–1210.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Ly

#4,162 Dhruv · 4,611#4,162 Leela · 4,611#4,165 Hamilton · 4,608#4,165 Nena · 4,608

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ly, most common first.

#15,229 Lya · 758

Also a last name

As a last name, Ly ranks #1,024 of 156,621, with 33,559 people. See Ly as a last name

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