boy's name

Liev

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 557

Liev is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 20 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2016, when 58 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 165,782 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2007.

Liev over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Liev by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2000s 20
2010s 363
2020s (to 2025) 138

How popular is Liev?

In 2025, Liev was given to 20 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Liev is used

Canada #2,481 7 in 2022
United States #4,945 20 in 2025
England & Wales #5,535 3 in 2019

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Liev

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Liev also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Liev over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Liev

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Liev — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Liev

How popular is the name Liev?

In 2025, Liev was given to 20 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Liev a girl's or a boy's name?

Liev is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Liev most popular?

Liev peaked in 2016, when 58 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Liev a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Liev currently ranks #4,945 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.