Liba is a Yiddish name meaning "beloved" or "dear", from the word lib, love; it is used mostly in Hasidic and other Orthodox Jewish communities, often paired with another name. In the United States its numbers reflect the growth of those communities: Liba ranked number 8915 in 2000, moved into the top 3000 in the 2020s and reached its best rank so far, number 2598, in 2025 with 67 girls.