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

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Peak · girls
2004 · 749 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,255
since 1912

Liberty over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Liberty has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #406, 2004girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#1,186195—
2024#975266—
2023#883304—
2022#760377—
2021#619479—
2020#651443—
2019#654447—
2018#578534—
2017#564534#10,7756
2016#541577—
2015#554561—
2014#560548—
2013#529565—
2012#593492—
2011#565513—
2010#501594—
2009#518586—
2008#617496—
2007#633469—
2006#539552—
2005#492622—
2004#406749#11,3565
2003#495578—
2002#481584#9,3926
2001#745321—
2000#1,075192—
1999#1,121177—
1998#1,290139—
1997#1,574102—
1996#1,76784—
1995#1,432113—
1994#2,04768—
1993#1,96771—
1992#1,98769—
1991#2,27057#7,2716
1990#2,17459—
1989#2,71441#6,9416
1988#2,44744—
1987#2,36044—
1986#1,293104—
1985#2,60137—
1984#2,91530#5,5616
1983#1,96152—
1982#2,28843#6,3855
1981#1,93555—
1980#1,64470—
1979#1,71264—
1978#1,53772—
1977#1,57668#5,8455
1976#543321#2,60116
1975#1,19297#3,9418
1974#1,36975#3,31810
1973#2,34932#3,01311
1972#2,39830#3,3449
1971#2,47730#4,9075
1970#3,20820#2,89111
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First appearance
1912

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.

Where Liberty is popular in 1998

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedNHWashington: #474 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,657 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,167 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,059 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,139 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,303 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedINOhio: #788 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,847 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,274 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 11,632 girlsCAUtah: #586 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,303 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Liberty, so not publishedHITexas: #1,143 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 9,563 girlsTXFlorida: #1,543 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,856 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Washington#474 · 1 in 2,657
  2. Utah#586 · 1 in 3,303
  3. Ohio#788 · 1 in 6,847
  4. Michigan#1,139 · 1 in 10,303
  5. Texas#1,143 · 1 in 9,563

Best ever in a state: #101 in Wyoming, 2004.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Washington#474111 in 2,657
Utah#58651 in 3,303
Ohio#78891 in 6,847
Michigan#1,13951 in 10,303
Texas#1,143151 in 9,563
Illinois#1,16771 in 10,059
California#1,274191 in 11,632
Florida#1,54351 in 14,856
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Liberty
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
92 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 2004 at #406 (749 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 2001–2024
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,452
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 35.2% of all girls named Liberty (5,365) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s238#585 (1918)#2,071
1920s96#1,821 (1921)#3,386
1930s5#4,181 (1936)#4,181
1940s14#3,194 (1942)#3,807
1950s10#5,301 (1950)#5,694
1960s46#4,493 (1966)#5,735
1970s809#543 (1976)#1,836
1980s520#1,293 (1986)#2,216
1990s939#1,121 (1999)#1,763
2000s5,149#406 (2004)#600
2010s5,365#501 (2010)#564
2020s2,064#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 1998

girls
#1,290
139 births · 1 in 12,712 girls

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #1,290Liberty139
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 12,712 of them was named Liberty, which outranked 92.2% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Liberty
  1. #1,285Kimberlee140
  2. #1,285Kristie140
  3. #1,285Makena140
  4. #1,290Liberty139
  5. #1,290Adrianne139
  6. #1,290Denisha139
  7. #1,290Halee139
  8. #1,295Alliyah138
  9. #1,295Frida138
  10. #1,295Jailyn138

Tied with 4 names at #1,290; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1998 →