Libby

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Libby: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Libby: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #48 in 2005, and it stood at #260 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
76times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#48highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Libby's record

England and Wales registered 1,131 births with the name in 2005, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Moved 102 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#220
1997	#221
1998	#170
1999	#117
2000	#99
2001	#80
2002	#71
2003	#57
2004	#52
2005	#48
2006	#52
2007	#56
2008	#62
2009	#78
2010	#98
2011	#106
2012	#127
2013	#127
2014	#139
2015	#171
2016	#198
2017	#210
2018	#248
2019	#269
2020	#297
2021	#328
2022	#294
2023	#375
2024	#454

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #260 among girls in Scotland, #288 among girls in Northern Ireland, #342 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #454 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #220 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #48 among girls in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #454 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Libby appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 14,511 births with the name.

Libby across 3 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.

Libby'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
England and Wales · Girls	#220 (1996)	#48 (2005)	#454 (2024)	29 of 29	14,511 (1996–2024)	1,131 (2005)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#576 (1997)	#181 (2011)	#342 (2024)	26 of 28	442 (1997–2024)	33 (2009)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#331 (2003)	#164 (2009)	#288 (2024)	19 of 22	127 (2003–2024)	12 (2008)

Libby 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 Libby in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	1,061	4 of 10	265
2000sbusiest	9,156	10 of 10	916
2010s	3,638	10 of 10	364
2020s	656	5 of 10	131

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 916 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2008 and 2009, when recorded births fell by 254, from 1,048 to 794.

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

Libby appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #48 in England and Wales in 2005.

Libby's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#454	91	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#375	111	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#294	152	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#328	145	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#297	157	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#269	179	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#248	205	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#210	250	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#198	268	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#171	318	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#139	393	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#127	434	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#127	450	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#106	542	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#98	599	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#78	794	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#62	1,048	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#56	1,117	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#52	1,100	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#48	1,131	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#52	1,099	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#57	981	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#71	728	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#80	643	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#99	515	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#117	423	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#170	256	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#221	191	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#220	191	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#86	48	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#288	5	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#264	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#238	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#206	9	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#223	8	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#278	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#284	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#229	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#258	7	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#164	12	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#171	12	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#265	6	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#278	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#342	11	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#339	11	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	13	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	20	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#271	17	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	16	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	17	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	14	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#276	18	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#219	24	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#265	19	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#188	30	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	33	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#184	33	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#183	33	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#311	16	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	27	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	22	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	14	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	15	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	11	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#260	14	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #48, first reached in 2005.

It held a top-100 place in 11 years, 11 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,131 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 28 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.

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.

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Libbie · #448, 28y
Libby-May · #2148, 13y
Liberty · #157, 29y

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.

Charli · #48, 29y
Callie · #47, 30y
Ryder · #46, 25y
Storm · #50, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Charli · #48, 29y
Jenson · #48, 30y
Peyton · #48, 29y
Callie · #47, 30y

Libby was ranked #48 in England and Wales · Girls in 2005. 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.

Libby 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Libby without appearing here.

Libby moved ahead of

Jacqueline Compare
In 2003 they stood at #294 and #279 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #242 and #677.
Josephine Compare
In 2003 they stood at #294 and #220 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #242 and #677.
Barbara Compare
In 2002 they stood at #465 and #465 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2003 that had become #294 and #655.
Renee Compare
In 2002 they stood at #331 and #312 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2003 that had become #294 and #655.

Moved ahead of Libby

Summer Compare
In 2020 they stood at #220 and #229 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2021 that had become #322 and #136.
Heidi Compare
In 2007 they stood at #193 and #251 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #311 and #170.
Matilda Compare
In 2009 they stood at #164 and #224 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #258 and #160.
Éala Compare
In 2018 they stood at #280 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #271 and #180.

Moved the opposite way to Libby

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Libby went from #220 to #454 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Libby went from #220 to #454 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Libby went from #220 to #454 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Libby went from #220 to #454 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Libby

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Libby went from #220 to #454 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Libby went from #220 to #454 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Libby went from #220 to #454 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Libby went from #220 to #454 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #48 in England and Wales in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Libby

Libby at a glance

What stands out in Libby's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Libby across 3 official records

Libby by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Libby appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Libby and the names beside it

Libby moved ahead of

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Libby at a glance

What stands out in Libby's record

Libby across 3 official records

Libby by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Libby appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Libby

Libby and the names beside it

Libby moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Libby

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