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 | — | — | ||
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| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
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| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | — | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
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| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
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| 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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| 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.
Where Liberty is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#190 · 1 in 834
- Kansas#204 · 1 in 809
- Utah#204 · 1 in 828
- Oregon#289 · 1 in 1,117
- Kentucky#291 · 1 in 1,286
Best ever in a state: #101 in Wyoming, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #190 | 38 | 1 in 834 |
| Kansas | #204 | 17 | 1 in 809 |
| Utah | #204 | 23 | 1 in 828 |
| Oregon | #289 | 14 | 1 in 1,117 |
| Kentucky | #291 | 15 | 1 in 1,286 |
| Missouri | #294 | 21 | 1 in 1,334 |
| Wisconsin | #299 | 19 | 1 in 1,290 |
| Ohio | #303 | 35 | 1 in 1,556 |
| Minnesota | #352 | 16 | 1 in 1,550 |
| Oklahoma | #352 | 12 | 1 in 1,435 |
| Iowa | #365 | 9 | 1 in 1,469 |
| Michigan | #371 | 23 | 1 in 1,858 |
| Nebraska | #371 | 6 | 1 in 1,368 |
| Washington | #375 | 19 | 1 in 1,651 |
| Idaho | #381 | 5 | 1 in 1,354 |
| New Mexico | #388 | 6 | 1 in 1,337 |
| North Carolina | #432 | 22 | 1 in 2,110 |
| South Carolina | #447 | 9 | 1 in 2,062 |
| Pennsylvania | #493 | 21 | 1 in 2,601 |
| Alabama | #508 | 9 | 1 in 2,224 |
| Georgia | #537 | 20 | 1 in 2,536 |
| Arkansas | #543 | 5 | 1 in 2,360 |
| Tennessee | #548 | 11 | 1 in 2,774 |
| Arizona | #566 | 13 | 1 in 2,579 |
| Texas | #600 | 52 | 1 in 3,205 |
| Virginia | #652 | 11 | 1 in 3,336 |
| Illinois | #692 | 17 | 1 in 3,720 |
| Colorado | #698 | 7 | 1 in 3,406 |
| Massachusetts | #816 | 5 | 1 in 5,249 |
| Louisiana | #836 | 5 | 1 in 4,131 |
| California | #901 | 41 | 1 in 5,324 |
| Florida | #921 | 15 | 1 in 5,489 |
| New York | #1,009 | 15 | 1 in 6,318 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
More about 2009
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1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 3,135 of them was named Liberty, which outranked 97.4% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).