girls:
92 births since 2004
#5624 (2nd percentile)
boys:
945 births since 1890
#3646 (20th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1890
#6702 (13th percentile)
The name Livingston is the #6,702 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,037 recorded births since 1890. This represents the 13.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,646 (20.4% percentile) for all time with 945 births since 1890. For girls, it ranks #5,624 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 92 births since 2004.
Livingston first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1890 (1890 for boys and 2004 for girls). Birth data for Livingston is available in 97 out of the 134 years between 1890 and 2023 (97 years for boys and 10 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Livingston has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 43.8% of babies named Livingston were boys.
For boys, Livingston reached its peak popularity in 1917, achieving the 4.7% percentile (ranked #493) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 1903, with 46 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Livingston ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 8.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Livingston reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #929) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Livingston ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 76.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Livingston".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Livingston. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 83.8% confident that Livingston is pronounced as LIHV-vihngs-tuhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LIH-vihng-stuhn, at 16.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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