Lively
Girl · LYV-lee · English
Lively is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “full of life”. In 2025 it ranked 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).
What does Lively mean?
English: English word name, from Old English liflic
“full of life”
An English word meaning full of life or energy, from Old English liflic.
- Say it
- LYV-lee
Is Lively a girl's or a boy's name?
Lively is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lively in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,458among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Lively, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,682nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 74 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
2025 had fewer girls named Lively than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Lively in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lively in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,458 |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,434 |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,588 |
| 2022 | 65 | #2,661 |
| 2021 | 69 | #2,533 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,682 |
| 2019 | 58 | #2,856 |
| 2018 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
Names like Lively
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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