Lively

Popularity Trends

The name Lively is the #7,247 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 492 recorded births since 2012. This represents the 6.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,224 (8.6% percentile) for all time with 492 births since 2012.

Lively first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2012 (first recorded for girls in 2012).

For girls, Lively reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 6.8% percentile (ranked #872) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 39 births per million (ranked 6.7% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Lively is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #884 (6.7% percentile) with 39 births per million.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lively".

2012 2023 20122023

Key Statistics

Total Births

492

Peak Births

Peak Year

2021

First Recorded

2012

Peak Percentile

6.8%

Current Percentile

6.7%

Peak Rank

#872

Current Rank

#884

Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Lively", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Lively.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Lively's popularity from 2009 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Lively at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Lively range from Ayce at 99.4% correlation to Kaislee at 98.8% correlation, with an average correlation level of 99.0%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Maverick with 58.6K births (99% boys) and the least popular is Roux with 405 births (76% girls).

Lively's share of births peaked at 38.9 births per million for girls in 2021. It reached its lowest point of 3.1 births per million (8% of peak) in 2012. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Lively had 38.9 births per million, 100% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Ayce

696

99.35% (very strong)

Everlee

6,112

99.19% (very strong)

Maverick

58.6k

99.11% (very strong)

Nova

48.9k

99.07% (very strong)

Caspian

3,064

98.97% (very strong)

Remi

22.4k

98.95% (very strong)

Legend

22.5k

98.93% (very strong)

Roux

405

98.90% (very strong)

Kaycen

1,356

98.89% (very strong)

Kiaan

2,336

98.89% (very strong)

Reign

9,787

98.86% (very strong)

Kaislee

476

98.82% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Lively

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lively. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 80.0% confident that Lively is pronounced as LAIV-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LIHV-lee, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.

LAIV-lee

80.0%

LIHV-lee

20.0%

LAIV-lee (2 syllables)

Verified

80.0% confidence

L AY1 V L IY0

LIHV-lee (2 syllables)

20.0% confidence

L IH1 V L IY0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like L AY1 V L IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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