Libby-May

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Libby-May: 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-May: Recorded since 2004, it reached #2,148 in 2009, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#2148highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#4598
2005	#3382
2006	#4157
2007	#4294
2008	#3397
2009	#2148
2010	#4688
2011	#2636
2012	#3285
2013	#4739
2014	#4684
2016	#5785
2024	#5891

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 13 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #4598 among girls in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #2148 among girls in England and Wales, in 2009 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Libby-May 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-May in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	33	6 of 10	6
2010s	31	6 of 10	5
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Libby-May appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2148 in England and Wales in 2009.

Libby-May'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,148, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
11 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
7 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 25 births →

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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Jinan · #2148, 17y
Balthazar · #2150, 15y
Freddie-Jay · #2150, 12y
Hosna · #2150, 14y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Jinan · #2148, 17y
Freddie-Jay · #2150, 12y
Hosna · #2150, 14y
Laken · #2150, 19y

Libby-May 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-May without appearing here.

Libby-May moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #5876.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4294 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #4688 and #5707.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #5691.
Therese Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4688 and #3156 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2636 and #3549.

Moved ahead of Libby-May

Cecilie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3695.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2636 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #1893.
Francis Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3285 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4739 and #4739.
Malin Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3285 and #3681 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4739 and #4739.

Moved the same way as Libby-May

Hayden Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Libby-May went from #3382 to #5891 and Hayden from #3970 to #5891.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2148 in England and Wales in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Popularity journey

Libby-May by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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