Liba
Feminine · “beloved”
Liba is a Yiddish name from lieb — dear or beloved — the same root as the German lieben and the English 'love'.
How old is the name Liba?
Liba first appears in US birth records in 1956 — 69 years ago. The typical Liba is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,000 people named Liba are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Liba most popular?
Liba peaked in 2025, reaching #2583 nationally. Today it ranks #2583, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From lieb to Liba
The story of Liba
Yiddish naming built freely on lieb — Liba, Libe, Lipman, Leibush — treating the ordinary word for dear as name material. The root reaches the English 'love' and, less obviously, 'believe'. Liba is current in Orthodox communities and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
beloved, dear
From the Yiddish lieb, 'dear' or 'beloved', cognate with the German lieb and related to the English 'love' and 'leave' in the sense of permission. Liba and Libe are the feminine forms. The Yiddish is documented.
How the name formed
- lieb
- Libe
- Liba
Related forms: ליבא · Lieb · Libby
Pronouncing Liba
LEE-bah
Two syllables, stress on the first. Yiddish says it the same way.
Nicknames for Liba
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1956
- Most girls named
- 202567 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2583reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +15.5%67 in 2025, from 58
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Liba in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- ליבא in Yiddish — transliteration
- Lieb in German — related form
- Libby in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, New Jersey.
Libas among us
people named Liba are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 23,989 born in 2025 was named Liba
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Calie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Liba's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Calie climbed just as high around 2008, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Calie's path sketches the road Liba is walking now.
Liba sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Liba is headed
Liba should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Liba beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Liba in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That 'love' and 'believe' share the root is a first-rate etymology.
- The beloved meaning is transparent and warm.
- Libby is available as an English-influenced form with a real record.
- It reads as specifically Orthodox Jewish.
- Libby is a separate English name that sounds close.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Feminine · #2583 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Libas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Liba are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Liba in 2025?
- Liba ranks #2583 among US girl names in 2025, with 67 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Liba?
- About 1 in every 23,989 US girls born in 2025 was named Liba — 67 in all.
- Will my child share the name Liba with classmates?
- Liba will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Liba
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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