Liva
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LEE-vah
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
Liva is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies).
Where does Liva come from?
Scandinavian and Latvian name, often linked to Liv or Olivia
Is Liva a girl's or a boy's name?
Liva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Liva in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Liva, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th.
2025 had the most girls named Liva of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Liva in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 2 | #6,929 |
Names like Liva
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luna, Lyra, Lyla, Ada, Rosa, Mila, Alba, Lina, Isla, Myla, Nora, Nova
Names related to Liva
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Liva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/liva, updated 20 October 2026.