How Many People Are Named Liberty?
people named Liberty are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 23,031 people in the US has this name
Based on 15,409 babies named Liberty in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
754 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Simply from the English word liberty, derived from Latin libertas, a derivative of liber "free". Interestingly, since 1880 this name has charted on the American popularity lists in three different periods: in 1918 (at the end of World War I), in 1976 (the American bicentennial), and after 2001 (during the War on Terrorism).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Liberty, 99.3% were girls and 0.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Liberty rose from 89.1% in the 1910s to 100% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Liberty alive today is about 18 years old, and 88% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Liberty first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 2004, to 754 babies. In 2025, 195 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Liberty has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #406, in 2004. In 2025 it ranked #1,188.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,188 |
| Best rank | #406 (2004) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #564 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Liberty alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Liberty were born in California than in any other state: about 1,298 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Liberty was given 2.7 times as often in Utah, 2.5 times in Oklahoma and 2.3 times in Idaho.
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