Livia

femaleAncient Roman, the feminine of the Livius family name

The feminine form of the Roman family name Livius — historically associated with Livia Drusilla, wife of Roman emperor Augustus.

Origin: Ancient Roman, the feminine of the Livius family name

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1979 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #177 in Norway in 2024. See regions.

Livia: Recorded since 1979, with a gap of 14 years, its highest recorded position is #177, and it stood at #216 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
75times a registrar ranked it
47years from first to last
#177highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Livia's record

Absent from every published list for 14 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

LEE-vyah/ˈli.vja/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

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Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (5) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

Descriptive attributes of the name itself — not a confidence measurement, and not an overall quality score. Namewise doesn't approve or disapprove of names.

Pronunciation clarity

Editorial judgement of how consistently this name is pronounced correctly on first read, mapped from an easy/moderate/variable rating to a number. Describes the name — not a measure of evidence confidence.

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Ancient Roman, the feminine of the Livius family name
Meaning: The feminine form of the Roman family name Livius — historically associated with Livia Drusilla, wife of Roman emperor Augustus.
Pronunciation: LEE-vyah
Syllables: 2
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: female
Language family: Ancient Roman, the feminine of the Livius family name

Popularity

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#1450
1998	#1259
1999	#1107
2000	#876
2001	#871
2002	#822
2003	#680
2004	#551
2005	#545
2006	#571
2007	#515
2008	#454
2009	#455
2010	#516
2011	#340
2012	#430
2013	#426
2014	#406
2015	#345
2016	#372
2017	#433
2018	#442
2019	#432
2020	#537
2021	#388
2022	#454
2023	#498
2024	#625
2025	#542

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 20 of the 47 years from 1979 to 2025.

In 2025: #216 among girls in Norway, #542 among girls in England and Wales, #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1979–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1979
First recorded at #642 among girls in Norway in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #542 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Livia appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 30 ranked years and 2,193 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Girls, from 1979.

Livia across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Livia's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#642 (1979)	#177 (2024)	#216 (2025)	20 of 47	311 (1979–2025)	27 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#340 (2011)	#542 (2025)	30 of 30	2,193 (1996–2025)	141 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#677 (2004)	#316 (2016)	#608 (2025)	19 of 22	140 (2004–2025)	14 (2016)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#439 (2008)	#284 (2013)	#418 (2022)	5 of 15	19 (2008–2022)	6 (2013)

Livia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Livia in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	51	4 of 10	13
2000s	557	10 of 10	56
2010sbusiest	1,088	10 of 10	109
2020s	497	6 of 10	83

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 109 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2010 and 2011, when recorded births rose by 63, from 78 to 141.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Livia appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1979 and 2025, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #177, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 141 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 14 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Livia was ranked #177 in Norway · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Elea#173
Henny#174
Kornelia#175
Lisa#176
Nellie#178
Erika#179
Fatima#180
Nelly#181

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Liva · #107, 36y
Live · #23, 80y
Livie · #883, 17y
Livvie · #2313, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Yusra · #184, 30y
Liana · #166, 34y
Ayesha · #165, 33y
Teo · #164, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Lia · #177, 43y
Kamila · #176, 51y
Lochlann · #178, 29y
Stacy · #178, 41y

Livia and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Livia without appearing here.

Livia moved ahead of

Dylan
In 1997 they stood at #2350 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1259 and #3848.
Amalie
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #2096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1450 and #3824.
Jeanette
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #1914 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1450 and #3824.
Evan
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #2096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1450 and #3174.

Moved ahead of Livia

Oda
In 2004 they stood at #642 and #648 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #556 and #31.
Tiril
In 2004 they stood at #540 and #670 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #556 and #50.
Emily
In 2004 they stood at #540 and #622 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #556 and #105.
Olivia
In 2004 they stood at #540 and #659 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #556 and #111.

Moved the opposite way to Livia

Bjørg
Between 1979 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Livia went from #642 to #216 while Bjørg went from #163 to #369.
Camilla
Between 1979 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Livia went from #642 to #216 while Camilla went from #3 to #279.
Eileen
Between 1979 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Livia went from #642 to #216 while Eileen went from #356 to #501.
Hanne
Between 1979 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Livia went from #642 to #216 while Hanne went from #15 to #318.

Moved the same way as Livia

Alice
Between 1979 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Livia went from #642 to #216 and Alice from #351 to #182.
Amanda
Between 1979 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Livia went from #642 to #216 and Amanda from #549 to #52.
Andrea
Between 1979 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Livia went from #642 to #216 and Andrea from #195 to #98.
Annie
Between 1979 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Livia went from #642 to #216 and Annie from #406 to #214.

Meaning & Origin

The feminine form of the Roman family name Livius — historically associated with Livia Drusilla, wife of Roman emperor Augustus.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Ancient Roman, the feminine of the Livius family name

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Other names with a researched meaning and origin →

Where Livia is officially recorded

5 official registrars have recorded Livia, between 1979 and 2025, in 32 of those 47 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1979–2025	20	#177 in 2024
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#340 in 2011
Republic of Ireland	2004–2025	19	#316 in 2016
Northern Ireland	2008–2022	5	#284 in 2013
Scotland	2024	1	#431 in 2024

Its high point came 13 years earlier in England and Wales (2011) than in Norway (2024).

No registrar recorded it for 14 years after 1981; it appears again in 1996.

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

LEE-vyah/ˈli.vja/

Syllables: 2
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Livia Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Livia in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

England and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorway

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Livia

Livia at a glance

What stands out in Livia's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Livia across 4 official records

Livia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Livia appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Livia

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Livia and the names beside it

Livia moved ahead of

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Meaning & Origin

Where Livia is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Livia Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Livia at a glance

What stands out in Livia's record

Livia across 4 official records

Livia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Livia appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Livia

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Livia and the names beside it

Livia moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Livia

Moved the opposite way to Livia

Moved the same way as Livia