# Livia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/livia/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,236 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,236 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,193, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Līvia, feminine form of Līvius, name of a plebeian Roman gens.

## 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 | 365 | 756 |
| 2012 | 374 | 744 |
| 2013 | 362 | 749 |
| 2014 | 428 | 667 |
| 2015 | 393 | 724 |
| 2016 | 400 | 712 |
| 2017 | 386 | 734 |
| 2018 | 430 | 680 |
| 2019 | 368 | 762 |
| 2020 | 334 | 816 |
| 2021 | 366 | 777 |
| 2022 | 312 | 893 |
| 2023 | 334 | 826 |
| 2024 | 322 | 839 |
| 2025 | 332 | 820 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 141 | 340 |
| 2012 | 107 | 430 |
| 2013 | 100 | 426 |
| 2014 | 106 | 406 |
| 2015 | 137 | 345 |
| 2016 | 123 | 372 |
| 2017 | 101 | 433 |
| 2018 | 98 | 442 |
| 2019 | 97 | 432 |
| 2020 | 74 | 537 |
| 2021 | 116 | 388 |
| 2022 | 93 | 454 |
| 2023 | 79 | 498 |
| 2024 | 62 | 625 |
| 2025 | 73 | 542 |

## In other languages

- French: Livie
- Italian: Livia
- Latin: Līvia
- Latvian: Līvija
- Portuguese: Lívia
- Romanian: Livia
- Swedish: Livia

## People named Livia

- Livia Brito, Cuban actress
- Lívia Gyarmathy, Film director, Screenwriter (1932–2022)
- Livia Renata Souza, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Livia Klausová, Czech first wife of the Czech Republic, ambassador and economist

## 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.