# Libby (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/libby/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɪbi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 17,971 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 17,966 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 14,591, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 279 | 928 |
| 2012 | 282 | 916 |
| 2013 | 290 | 888 |
| 2014 | 306 | 890 |
| 2015 | 270 | 1,000 |
| 2016 | 252 | 1,046 |
| 2017 | 239 | 1,069 |
| 2018 | 232 | 1,086 |
| 2019 | 258 | 1,001 |
| 2020 | 205 | 1,153 |
| 2021 | 206 | 1,186 |
| 2022 | 253 | 1,023 |
| 2023 | 225 | 1,096 |
| 2024 | 216 | 1,122 |
| 2025 | 202 | 1,146 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 5 | 4,166 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 542 | 106 |
| 2012 | 450 | 127 |
| 2013 | 434 | 127 |
| 2014 | 393 | 139 |
| 2015 | 318 | 171 |
| 2016 | 268 | 198 |
| 2017 | 250 | 210 |
| 2018 | 205 | 248 |
| 2019 | 179 | 269 |
| 2020 | 157 | 297 |
| 2021 | 145 | 328 |
| 2022 | 152 | 294 |
| 2023 | 111 | 375 |
| 2024 | 91 | 454 |
| 2025 | 80 | 502 |

## People named Libby

- Libby Kosmala, Australian Paralympic shooter

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.