Libbie vs Librado
American parents have registered 2,513 Libbies since 1880, against 1,303 Librados. Libbie is still ahead, with 7 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Libbie Librado
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 146 years in which either name was published, Libbie for 98 years and Librado for 48 years. The lead changed hands 26 times.
- 1880–1935 Libbie ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1938–1955 Librado ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1956–1962 Libbie ahead
- 1969–1992 Librado ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1997–2022 Libbie ahead, apart from one short spell
17 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Libbie | Librado | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,513 | 1,303 |
| Most in one year | 49 | 22 |
| Babies in 2025 | 7 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 1,100 | 850 |
| Median age today | 28 | 44 |
| Peak year | 1915 | 1946 |
| Best rank | 944th girls | 1,509th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 11,932nd | unranked |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1900 |
| Girls / boys | 2,513 / 0 | 0 / 1,303 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Librados alive today are over 44; half the Libbies are over 28. That is 16 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Libbie and Librado.