Livingston vs Livy
American parents have registered 1,071 Livingstons since 1880, against 550 Livys. But in 2025 it was Livy that was commoner, 56 babies to 12.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Livingston Livy
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 101 years in which either name was published, Livingston for 83 years and Livy for 18 years. The lead changed hands 5 times.
- 1890–2004 Livingston ahead
- 2006 Livy ahead
- 2007 Livingston ahead
- 2008 Livy ahead
- 2009 Livingston ahead
- 2010–2025 Livy ahead
Side by side
| Livingston | Livy | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,071 | 550 |
| Most in one year | 29 | 56 |
| Babies in 2025 | 12 | 56 |
| Estimated living today | 580 | 550 |
| Median age today | 30 | 6 |
| Peak year | 1917 | 2024 |
| Best rank | 1,264th boys | 2,930th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 12,008th | 2,957th |
| First recorded | 1890 | 2004 |
| Girls / boys | 114 / 957 | 550 / 0 |
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 Livingstons alive today are over 30; half the Livys are over 6. That is 24 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Livingston and Livy.