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Libby

girl name
Origin
Hebrew
Syllables
2
Peak era
2000s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

diminutive of Elizabeth, traditionally 'God is my oath'

The story

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The formal names behind Libby

Libby is an established short form of this name.

Elizabeth · Hebrew origin · "God is my oath," from the Hebrew Elisheva; the great durable classic of English girl names, worn by two reigning queens and rarely out of the US top 30 in over a century of records. Its nickname wealth is unmatched: Liz, Beth, Eliza, Betsy, Libby

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Libby across languages

One shared root links 26 names across 6 languages.

Shared root: from Hebrew Elisheva, "my God is an oath"

The constellation

LibbyEnglish · diminutiveElizabethEnglishElisabethGermanIsabelSpanishIsabellaItalianIsabelleFrenchIsobelScottish
19 more branches of this family
ElizaEnglish · short formEliseFrench · short formElyseEnglish · variantElisaItalian · short formElsaGerman · short formElsieScottish · diminutiveBethEnglish · short formBettyEnglish · diminutiveBettieEnglish · variantBetsyEnglish · diminutiveBetteEnglish · diminutiveBessieEnglish · diminutiveLizaEnglish · short formLizzieEnglish · diminutiveLisaEnglish · short formLizEnglish · short formLizbethEnglish · short formLizetteEnglish · diminutiveIsabellGerman · variant

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How popular is Libby around the world?

In the United States, 1,307 babies were named Libby between 2020 and 2025. In Scotland, 14 girls named Libby were registered in 2024, the 260th most common name among girls that year.

Libby is on the official records of the United States, Scotland, South Australia, England and Wales, Canada, Austria and Mexico City.

United States

1 in 17,000

In the United States, 1,307 babies were named Libby between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Libby peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure. In US birth records Libby has stayed between 887 and 2,863 births in every decade since the 1950s: a name everyone knows and few children get.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Scotland

1 in 3,300

In Scotland, 14 girls named Libby were registered in 2024, the 260th most common name among girls that year.

1990peak 20082024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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South Australia

1 in 6,100 · 2017

In South Australia, 3 girls were registered as Libby in 2017.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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England and Wales

1 in 7,300

In England and Wales, 80 girls named Libby were born in 2025, the 502nd most common name among girls that year.

1996peak 20052025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Canada

1 in 24,000

In Canada, 15 girls named Libby were born in 2024, ranked 1,542nd among girls that year.

1991peak 20142024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Austria

1 in 76,000

In Austria, 1 girl named Libby was born in 2025, ranked 1,875th among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Mexico City City

1 in 120,000

In Mexico City, there was 1 registration of Libby in 2022.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Argentina

last on record 2014

Libby is not on the 2024 record for Argentina, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Ireland

last on record 2024

Libby is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.

1990peak 20112025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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New Zealand

last on record 2024

Libby is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

1980peak 20062025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Poland

last on record 2016

Libby is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Not on the record in Spain and Puerto Rico: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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