Liberty
#1,186 for girls in 2025, 195 births · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #10,775
Given to girls 99.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2004 · 749 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,255since 1912
Liberty over time
Rank among girls' names. Liberty has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,186 | 195 | — | |
| 2024 | #975 | 266 | — | |
| 2023 | #883 | 304 | — | |
| 2022 | #760 | 377 | — | |
| 2021 | #619 | 479 | — | |
| 2020 | #651 | 443 | — | |
| 2019 | #654 | 447 | — | |
| 2018 | #578 | 534 | — | |
| 2017 | #564 | 534 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #541 | 577 | — | |
| 2015 | #554 | 561 | — | |
| 2014 | #560 | 548 | — | |
| 2013 | #529 | 565 | — | |
| 2012 | #593 | 492 | — | |
| 2011 | #565 | 513 | — | |
| 2010 | #501 | 594 | — | |
| 2009 | #518 | 586 | — | |
| 2008 | #617 | 496 | — | |
| 2007 | #633 | 469 | — | |
| 2006 | #539 | 552 | — | |
| 2005 | #492 | 622 | — | |
| 2004 | #406 | 749 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #495 | 578 | — | |
| 2002 | #481 | 584 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #745 | 321 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,075 | 192 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,121 | 177 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,290 | 139 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,574 | 102 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,767 | 84 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,432 | 113 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,047 | 68 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,967 | 71 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,987 | 69 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,270 | 57 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #2,174 | 59 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,714 | 41 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #2,447 | 44 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,360 | 44 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,293 | 104 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,601 | 37 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,915 | 30 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #1,961 | 52 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,288 | 43 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #1,935 | 55 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,644 | 70 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,712 | 64 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,537 | 72 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,576 | 68 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #543 | 321 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | #1,192 | 97 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #1,369 | 75 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #2,349 | 32 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #2,477 | 30 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,821 | 23 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #1,952 | 20 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,604 | 25 | — | |
| 1918 | #585 | 150 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #1,079 | 43 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | — | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Liberty! It came in at #2,360, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1913, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Liberty
- 211 spots since 2024 (#975 → #1,186)
- 535 spots since 2020 (#651 → #1,186)
- 632 spots since 2015 (#554 → #1,186)
- Biggest jump: 649 spots in 1976 (#1,192 → #543)
- Biggest drop: 1,033 spots in 1977 (#543 → #1,576)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2004 at #406 (749 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 2001–2024
- Highest: 1 in 2,452 girls born in 2004 were named Liberty (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,242 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 35.2% of all girls named Liberty (5,365) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 238 | #585 (1918) | #2,071 |
| 1920s | 96 | #1,821 (1921) | #3,386 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,181 (1936) | #4,181 |
| 1940s | 14 | #3,194 (1942) | #3,807 |
| 1950s | 10 | #5,301 (1950) | #5,694 |
| 1960s | 46 | #4,493 (1966) | #5,735 |
| 1970s | 809 | #543 (1976) | #1,836 |
| 1980s | 520 | #1,293 (1986) | #2,216 |
| 1990s | 939 | #1,121 (1999) | #1,763 |
| 2000s | 5,149 | #406 (2004) | #600 |
| 2010s | 5,365 | #501 (2010) | #564 |
| 2020s | 2,064 | #619 (2021) | #846 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Liberty in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 22,546 of them was named Liberty, which outranked 86.1% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,559Robbin69
- #1,559Sallie69
- #1,559Samatha69
- #1,576Liberty68
- #1,576Antonette68
- #1,576Billy68
- #1,576Chelsey68
- #1,596Arica67
- #1,596Eden67
- #1,596Emmy67
Tied with 19 names at #1,576; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 328,644 of them was named Liberty, which outranked 14.8% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,016 names at #5,845; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.