Liberty

Where Liberty comes from

From liberty.
— Wiktionary's entry for Liberty
  • English
  • Vowel-ended
Liberty through the years
  1. 1858
    Liberty Hyde Bailey born
    U.S. botanist
  2. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,360 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1917
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  4. 1978
    Liberty Ross born
    British model and actor
  5. 2004
    Peak, #406
    749 babies named Liberty, the most in any year.
  6. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #883.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
  • A female given name from English.
  • A male given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey · U.S. botanist, 1858–1954
  • Liberty Ross · British model and actor, born 1978
  • Liberty DeVitto · American musician, born 1950

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.