Livy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIV-ee
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,957 for girls
Livy is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “olive”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,957th for girls in the US (56 babies).
What does Livy mean?
Latin: spelling of Livvy; pet form of Olivia or Livia
“olive”
A pet form of Olivia, the name Shakespeare gave the countess in Twelfth Night, and of Livia.
Meaning borrowed from Livvy. More on Wiktionary.
Is Livy a girl's or a boy's name?
Livy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 56 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Livy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Livy, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Livy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were given Livy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,058, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Livy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
How popular is Livy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,957th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 56 about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 90% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 56 girls in the US were named Livy, making it the 2,957th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 56 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Livy in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 334 girls in the US were given Livy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #791, up from #2,957 for this spelling alone.
Livy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,957 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,930 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,524 |
| 2022 | 49 | #3,277 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,766 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
Names like Livy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luna, Poppy, Lily, Lyra, Ivy, Romy, Tilly, Isla, Lyla, Freya, Harper, Mila
Other spellings of Livy
Names related to Livy
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
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, “Livy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/livy, updated 20 October 2026.