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How popular is the name Liv?
Births per year, rank history and how many Livs are alive today.
Liv (female) is a shortened form of the name Olivia. Although Liv itself was given to 12 babies in England and Wales in 2025 (ranked 2278th as a registered name), most Livs are registered as Olivia, which ranked 1st in 2025 with 2,386 babies.
Most people called Liv are registered as Olivia, and share that name's profile: the Olivia you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Olivias born in England and Wales are between 10 and 27, and there are at least 140,000 of them alive today. Only some Olivias go by Liv.
How many babies are named Liv or Olivia each year?
Combined registrations of Olivia, Liv. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does Olivia rank as a registered name?
Where does Liv rank as a registered name?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
Is Liv short for Olivia?
Yes - Liv is a shortened form of Olivia. Livs are usually registered as Olivia at birth.
When was the name Liv most popular?
The full name Olivia peaked in 2008, when 5,348 babies in England and Wales were given the name. Liv itself peaked as a registered name in 2015, with 32 babies.
How many people are called Liv?
There's no official count of people who go by Liv, because it's a nickname rather than a registered name. What we can say: at least 140,000 people registered as Olivia born in England and Wales are alive today, and some of them go by Liv.
How old is the typical Liv?
Most people called Liv are registered as Olivia. Most living Olivias are between 10 and 27; the most common age is about 17.
Is Liv becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2008 peak.