Libia
Libia is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Libia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Libia is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Libia
Libia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1912, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1974: 7 births, good for #6,900 nationwide. About 25% of every Libia on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Libia last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 73 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Libia
Libia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 73 births in the dataset. Libia's peak popularity came in 1974 when it ranked #6,900. Use the chart and map above to compare Libia's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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