Libby
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Libby
Through all the years when Betty, Betsy, Beth, Liz, and Lizzie were the Elizabethan nicknames of choice, the bubblier Libby was set aside, but today it may be the most modern of all—it has already made a strong comeback in England and Wales, where it ranks Number 139.
Libby Holman was a colorful torch singer in the 1920s and '30s, Libby Smith was a mysterious character on Lost, and Carly Simon wrote a song titled "Libby."
Libby is also given to boys.
Pronounced LIB-ee.
As of October 2026, Libby ranked #1146 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #605 in 1934, Nameberry popularity #758.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #890 | 306 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,000 | 270 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,046 | 252 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,069 | 239 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,086 | 232 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,000 | 258 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,156 | 204 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,186 | 206 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,023 | 252 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,097 | 224 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,123 | 215 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,146 | 202 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Libby for girls
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Libby on lists
Famous Libbys
- Libby GillGirl
American executive, speaker and author
- Libby Holman (born Elizabeth Lloyd Holzman)Girl
American torch singer
- Lisbeth Constance "Libby" TrickettGirl
Australian swimmer
- Libby MorrisGirl
Canadian comic actress
- Mary Elizabeth "Libby" PatakiGirl
wife of New York governor George Pataki
- Libby PotterGirl
English reporter
- Elizabeth Mary "Libby" PurvesGirl
English radio presenter and journalist
- Libby PurvisGirl
Australian actress and writer
- Libby ReesGirl
English author
- Libby RiddlesGirl
American dog musher
- Elizabeth "Libby" RoderickGirl
American singer,songwriter
- Elizabeth Mary "Libby" TannerGirl
Australian actress
- Elizabeth "Libby" TitusGirl
American singer/songwriter
- Libby ScheierGirl
Canadian poet
- Elizabeth Beckman "Libby" SchaafGirl
American politician
- Elizabeth Brown "Libby" LarsenGirl
American composer
- Willard LibbyGirl
winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Libby in pop culture
- Libby PutneyGirl
character from "Scream Queens" also known as Chanel #5
- Libby FolfaxGirl
character from "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius"
- Elizabeth Grace "Libby" KennedyGirl
character on Australian soap "Neighbours"
- Libby ChesslerGirl
character on TV's "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"
- Libby/BoltieGirl
character in the movie "Super"
- LibbyGirl
character in movie "Run Fatboy Run"
- Libby MastersGirl
character on TV's"Masters of Sex"
- Libby ShearGirl
character from the video game Campfire Tales
- Libby FrancisGirl
character in the "St Clare" series by Enid Blyton
- Libby DayGirl
main character in Gillian Flynn's novel "Dark Places"
- LibbyGirl
a term used to identify Alphas or Queen Bees
- Libby ShearGirl
character from the Campfire tales games