Lief is a very rare variant of Liv that peaked in 1999 and has grown less common since.
Lief is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2023. Lief was first reported in SSA data in 1948 and peaked in 1999 (12 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | #7,552 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | #9,512 |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 | #10,353 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | #10,309 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | #13,784 |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | #11,794 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | #12,020 |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 | #7,417 |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | #9,831 |
| 1999 | 12 | 12 | #5,528 |
| 1998 | 9 | 9 | #6,627 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | #9,733 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | #8,383 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | #7,723 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | #5,988 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #7,670 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | #4,807 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | #4,741 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | #4,784 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | #4,362 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | #5,785 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | #4,407 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | #3,748 |
| 1975 | 9 | — | #3,817 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | #5,682 |
| 1973 | 11 | — | #3,147 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | #3,826 |
| 1970 | 9 | — | #3,425 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | #3,221 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | #3,266 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #4,295 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | #3,474 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #3,216 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #3,862 |
| 1959 | 6 | — | #3,844 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | #4,167 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #4,143 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #3,527 |