Lively is a rare girls' name that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2024.
Lively is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #3,498 for girl births in the United States (and #6,161 across all names), given to 44 babies. Lively was first reported in SSA data in 2012 and peaked in 2024 (74 births).
Girls named Lively per year · hover for count and girls rank · Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 2012–2025 · U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2025) · SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here