# Liv (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/liv/  
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 | Norse |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /lɪv/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,901 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,901 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 459, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Khmer លីវ (liiw).

## 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 | 270 | 951 |
| 2012 | 237 | 1,061 |
| 2013 | 274 | 927 |
| 2014 | 357 | 785 |
| 2015 | 396 | 720 |
| 2016 | 414 | 697 |
| 2017 | 437 | 672 |
| 2018 | 429 | 681 |
| 2019 | 434 | 669 |
| 2020 | 432 | 666 |
| 2021 | 424 | 686 |
| 2022 | 401 | 729 |
| 2023 | 405 | 703 |
| 2024 | 309 | 874 |
| 2025 | 296 | 896 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 1,117 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,387 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 27 | 1,234 |
| 2015 | 32 | 1,088 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,416 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,733 |
| 2018 | 29 | 1,170 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 29 | 1,127 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,569 |
| 2022 | 26 | 1,245 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,575 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,278 |

## People named Liv

- Liv Tyler, American actress (born 1977)
- Liv Lisa Fries, German actress
- Liv Morgan, American professional wrestler
- Liv Boeree, British model and poker player
- Liv Hewson, Australian actor
- Liv Westphal, French athletics competitor
- Liv Hovde, American tennis player
- Liv Garfield, British businesswoman
- Liv Sansoz, French rock climber

## 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.