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UK girl's name

Lybah

For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2014. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.

Lybah is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Lybah popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2014 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5691, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2006, with 22 births.

This profile covers 126 England and Wales registrations across 12 recorded years from 1999 to 2014. The figures come from ONS England and Wales, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.

The latest count is about 14% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.

We estimate that about 125 living people in the UK are called Lybah. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2015 or 2026.

Key insights

  • Lybah ranked #5691 for girls in England and Wales in 2014, with 3 registrations.
  • The name peaked in 2006, when 22 girls were registered as Lybah.
  • About 125 living people in the UK are estimated to have Lybah as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.

Latest rank (E&W)

#5691

2014

Births in 2014

3

Latest year

Peak year

2006

22 births

Estimated living

125

2026

Popularity

Lybah over time

The chart below shows babies named Lybah registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1999 to 2014. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.

For Lybah, the clearest high point is 2006. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2014, compared with 22 at the peak.

Babies born per year

Lybah
06111722199920062014

Decades

Lybah by decade

Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Lybah was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.

Decade Average rank Total births Years covered
2010s #4307 15 3
2000s #1837 107 8
1990s #3225 4 1

Related

Names similar to Lybah

FAQ

Lybah: questions and answers

How popular is the name Lybah in the UK right now?

In 2014, Lybah was ranked #5691 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.

When was Lybah most popular?

The peak year on record was 2006, with 22 babies registered as Lybah in England and Wales.

How many people are called Lybah in the UK?

A total of 126 babies have been registered as Lybah across the 12 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here.

Which records is this page based on?

The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.