Libby

#1,144 for girls in 2025, 202 births · Last seen for boys in 1955 at #3,886
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1934 · 119 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
17,966
since 1881

Libby over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Libby has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201894peak #604, 1934girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,144202—
2024#1,120216—
2023#1,094225—
2022#1,022253—
2021#1,181206—
2020#1,152205—
2019#1,000258—
2018#1,085232—
2017#1,069239—
2016#1,046252—
2015#997270—
2014#887306—
2013#888290—
2012#916282—
2011#927279—
2010#793346—
2009#797355—
2008#882316—
2007#866323—
2006#789347—
2005#780333—
2004#824301—
2003#922256—
2002#977226—
2001#1,011212—
2000#1,065194—
1999#1,249150—
1998#1,161162—
1997#1,218147—
1996#1,261138—
1995#1,214141—
1994#1,444110—
1993#1,67989—
1992#1,73086—
1991#1,67788—
1990#1,503103—
1989#1,91068—
1988#1,78870—
1987#1,39896—
1986#1,44788—
1985#1,39592—
1984#1,55073—
1983#1,30393—
1982#1,32594—
1981#1,29498—
1980#1,169115—
1979#1,44284—
1978#1,47377—
1977#1,23198—
1976#992128—
1975#1,012119—
1974#1,003120—
1973#897139—
1972#972124—
1971#1,074112—
1970#1,036119—
1969#826155—
1968#760171—
1967#678204—
1966#757169—
1965#741181—
1964#731203—
1963#675221—
1962#646245—
1961#634257—
1960#618264—
1959#647239—
1958#626245—
1957#684209—
1956#757165—
1955#839134#3,8865
1954#745154—
1953#749148—
1952#761137—
1951#819119—
1950#794119—
1949#714141—
1948#715138—
1947#674155—
1946#680137—
1945#722106—
1944#701114—
1943#778100—
1942#76298—
1941#699101—
1940#80278—
1939#70593—
1938#646112—
1937#69597—
1936#67297—
1935#67996—
1934#604119—
1933#610113—
1932#71590—
1931#81969—
1930#89465—
1929#80976—
1928#90266—
1927#73694—
1926#89369—
1925#97059—
1924#86176—
1923#81980—
1922#90665—
1921#717104—
1920#79183—
1919#651114—
1918#632125—
1917#657107—
1916#663106—
1915#632108—
1914#73661—
1913#71253—
1912#66856—
1911#65044—
1910#71035—
1909#71931—
1908#82922—
1907#77523—
1906#79321—
1905#73424—
1904#83719—
1903#89615—
1902#1,07511—
1901#79517—
1900#78022—
1899#79117—
1898#76819—
1897#1,03710—
1896#67022—
1895#85814—
1894#90512—
1893#1,4375—
1892#95810—
1891#9439—
1890#87210—
1889#1,2795—
1888#9598—
1887#8608—
1886#8288—
1885#69510—
1884#1,0245—
1883——
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1881#8305—
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First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Libby! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Libby is popular in 1894

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Libby
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 24 spots since 2024 (#1,120 → #1,144)
  • 8 spots since 2020 (#1,152 → #1,144)
  • 147 spots since 2015 (#997 → #1,144)
  • Biggest jump: 532 spots in 1894 (#1,437 → #905)
  • Biggest drop: 479 spots in 1893 (#958 → #1,437)
Rise & fade · girls
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1934 at #604 (119 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 100 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1903–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,138
  • Highest: 1 in 5,138 girls born in 2010 were named Libby (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,957 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #604 in 1934, was only 1 in 8,775 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 15.9% of all girls named Libby (2,863) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s49#695 (1885)#925
1890s128#670 (1896)#924
1900s205#719 (1909)#823
1910s809#632 (1918)#671
1920s772#717 (1921)#840
1930s951#604 (1934)#704
1940s1,168#674 (1947)#725
1950s1,669#626 (1958)#742
1960s2,070#618 (1960)#707
1970s1,120#897 (1973)#1,113
1980s887#1,169 (1980)#1,458
1990s1,214#1,161 (1998)#1,414
2000s2,863#780 (2005)#891
2010s2,754#793 (2010)#961
2020s1,307#1,022 (2022)#1,119

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Libby in 1894

girls
#905
12 births · 1 in 18,577 girls

Top girls' names in 1894

  1. #1Mary13,151
  2. #2Anna5,565
  3. #3Margaret3,700
  4. #4Helen3,676
  5. #5Elizabeth3,425
  6. #6Ruth3,372
  7. #7Ethel3,287
  8. #8Florence3,233
  9. #9Emma2,937
  10. #10Marie2,649
  11. #905Libby12
More about 1894

girls

222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 18,577 of them was named Libby, which outranked 46.8% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Libby
  1. #850Tula13
  2. #850Verla13
  3. #850Verlie13
  4. #905Libby12
  5. #905Adelle12
  6. #905Albert12
  7. #905Almira12
  8. #950Alfreda11
  9. #950Ammie11
  10. #950Annabell11

Tied with 44 names at #905; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
  1. ↑ 794Versie#1,437 → #643
  2. ↑ 613Nadine#1,277 → #664
  3. ↑ 587Genoveva#1,437 → #850
  4. ↑ 558Lavada#1,277 → #719
  5. ↑ 532Libby#1,437 → #905
Fallers
  1. ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
  2. ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
  3. ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
  4. ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
  5. ↓ 584Leva#901 → #1,485

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1894 →