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Livia

Gender
Girl
Say it
LIV-ee-a
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#561 for girls
US rank, 2025
#819 for girls

Livia is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 561st for girls in the UK (76 babies) and 819th for girls in the US (332 babies).

What does Livia mean?

Latin: feminine of the Roman family name Livius

Livia Drusilla was the influential wife of Augustus, the first Roman emperor; also used as a short form of Olivia.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Livia a girl's or a boy's name?

Livia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 76 girls in the UK and 332 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Livia in the UK?

Rank in 2025
561st among girls
Babies in 2025
76 about 1 in 3,700 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 20% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 76 girls in the UK were named Livia, making it the 561st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 565th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 150 girls.

Half of all the girls named Livia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 542nd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 150 in 20112025
Livia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202576#561
202469#612
202381#528
2022103#454
2021133#381
202078#565
2019101#466
2018105#469
2017113#433
2016128#395
2015149#345
2014114#424
2013113#421
2012113#443
2011150#352
201085#529
200995#482
200897#469
200776#546
200662#603
200565#563
200458#586
200344#699
200230#867
200127#910
200026#925
199920#1,103
199816#1,289
199712#1,559
19966#2,469

How popular is Livia in the US?

Rank in 2025
819th among girls
Babies in 2025
332 about 1 in 4,800 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 13% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 332 girls in the US were named Livia, making it the 819th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 814th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 430 girls. It first appears in the records in 1906.

Half of all the girls named Livia in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 346 girls in the US were given Livia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #772, up from #819 for this spelling alone.

1906Busiest: 430 in 20182025
Livia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025332#819
2024322#839
2023334#825
2022312#892
2021366#776
2020334#814
2019368#760
2018430#680
2017386#733
2016400#712
2015393#724
2014428#666
2013362#748
2012374#742
2011365#755
2010324#827
2009322#864
2008288#942
2007250#1,048
2006229#1,097
2005266#932
2004254#948
2003230#1,002
2002191#1,103
2001135#1,402
2000126#1,454
1999107#1,571
199892#1,719
199762#2,197
199640#2,961
199544#2,730
199444#2,747
199339#2,985
199230#3,575
199132#3,363
199020#4,689
198928#3,560
198822#4,010
198719#4,280
198620#4,026
198516#4,633
198429#2,991
198318#4,108
198236#2,581
198134#2,657
198029#3,002
197933#2,671
197837#2,390
197735#2,463
197633#2,439
197523#3,052
197425#2,835
197325#2,753
197217#3,543
197119#3,373
197019#3,311
196922#2,843
196827#2,360
196713#3,655
196629#2,190
196523#2,537
196430#2,194
196318#2,959
196225#2,413
196131#2,116
196030#2,096
195931#2,020
195841#1,678
195740#1,704
195631#1,930
195520#2,471
195428#1,986
195327#1,972
195222#2,199
195119#2,313
195017#2,435
194911#3,175
194814#2,700
194720#2,199
19465#4,958
194512#2,597
19448#3,377
194313#2,557
194217#2,116
19416#3,952
194012#2,423
193912#2,417
19386#3,845
19370–
193611#2,520
193511#2,573
19346#3,800
193310#2,687
193218#1,876
193111#2,579
193014#2,305
19295#4,568
192827#1,540
192711#2,858
192623#1,771
192519#2,017
192423#1,810
192320#1,944
192221#1,897
192125#1,723
192018#2,079
191918#1,989
191817#2,101
191718#1,922
191625#1,485
191516#1,963
191419#1,480
19137#2,538
191210#1,843
19115#2,463
19100–
19096#1,957
19080–
19077#1,638
19067#1,553

Nicknames for Livia

Names like Livia

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lucia, Emilia, Olivia, Lilia, Aurora, Aria, Lyla, Luna, Sophia, Mia, Fatima, Liana

Other spellings of Livia

Lyvia

Names related to Livia

Liv, Livvie, Livie, Livi, Livvi, Liviya

More Latin names

Oliver, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin, Felix

Every Latin name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Livia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/livia, updated 20 October 2026.