Libby
Libby is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 215 births. Its best rank was 605th, in 1934.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2150.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2009355 births
- Best rank
- #605in 1934
- Since 1881
- 17,760people given the name
The story in the numbers
17,760 girls have been named Libby in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 355 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1979, and the 2000s alone account for 16%. It has spent 100 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Libby | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 49 | |
| 1890s | 128 | |
| 1900s | 205 | |
| 1910s | 809 | |
| 1920s | 772 | |
| 1930s | 951 | |
| 1940s | 1,168 | |
| 1950s | 1,669 | |
| 1960s | 2,070 | |
| 1970s | 1,120 | |
| 1980s | 887 | |
| 1990s | 1,214 | |
| 2000s | 2,863 | |
| 2010s | 2,754 | |
| 2020s | 1,101 |
In 2009, its biggest year
Libby was the 798th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2009 were Isabella, Emma, Olivia, Sophia and Ava. See all of 2009.
Names that rose and fell with Libby
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Aidapeak 2005
- Evepeak 2017
- Gretapeak 1967
- Angelynpeak 2007
- Mariannapeak 2006
- Ceciliapeak 2024
- Linneapeak 2015
- Cozettepeak 2013
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.