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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Ly

Used in both girl and boy records

Ly appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Ly by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDLy as a girl’s nameUS records 1953–2015
#9973girl rank1984peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDLy as a boy’s nameUS records 1978–2006
#12949boy rank1983peak year
Read boy record ↗

Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Ly in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl198424 uses#342519841973–200826 listed years
Boy198313 uses#322819831978–200616 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.