girl's name

Liva

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 271

Liva is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in France in 2018, when 15 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 39,300 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1972.

Liva over time

Births per decade in France, 1970s 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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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Liva by decade in France
Decade Births
1970s 5
1980s 5
1990s 15
2000s 15
2010s 65
2020s (to 2025) 75

How popular is Liva?

In 2025, Liva was given to 15 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Where Liva is used

Ireland #1,026 3 in 2011
France #2,087 15 in 2025
England & Wales #3,161 8 in 2025
Canada #3,656 5 in 2023
United States #13,712 6 in 2025

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.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Liva

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

Parents who like Liva also like

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

Sibling names for Liva

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

Common questions about Liva

How popular is the name Liva?

In 2025, Liva was given to 15 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

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

Liva is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Liva most popular?

Liva peaked in 2018, when 15 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Liva a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Liva currently ranks #2,087 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.