Liberty
Liberty was the 1188th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 195 babies. Its best year was 2004, when it ranked 406th with 749 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 633 places. More babies were named Liberty in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning freedom · English, Latin
Say it LIB-er-tee /ˈlɪbɚti/
- Rank in 2025
- #1,188 girls, down 536 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 195girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2004749 babies
- Total since 1880
- 15,409babies recorded
What does the name Liberty mean?
Liberty is the English word for freedom, used as a given name. It came through Old French liberté from Latin libertas 'freedom', from liber 'free'. In the US it carries strong patriotic associations, from the Liberty Bell and the Statue of Liberty, and it has been used as a girls' name since the early 20th century. Liberty is also an English surname, in some cases given to freed people, as Wiktionary notes.
lībertās (Latin, “freedom”)līber (Latin, “free”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Libby.
See also: English names, virtue names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'liberty' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Liberty', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Nicknames for Liberty
The usual nicknames for Liberty are Libby. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Liberty in the last five years, 68 were named Libby, against 47 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libby · also for Elizabeth | Traditional | #1,146 | 1,102 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Libertys go by each one.
Liberty popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 154 since 1916.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,188 | 195 |
| 2020 | #652 | 443 |
| 2010 | #501 | 594 |
| 2000 | #1,078 | 192 |
| 1990 | #2,189 | 59 |
| 1980 | #1,651 | 70 |
| 1970 | #3,263 | 20 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | #5,742 | 5 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #1,987 | 20 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Liberty, counting every spelling?
Liberty is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,130 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,188 for Liberty on its own. Together these spellings went to 195 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 195 | #1,188 | 1,621 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Liberty?
195 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Liberty (0.05 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Liberty born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 43 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Liberty.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Liberty?
About 14,700 people born in the US named Liberty are alive today, with a median age of 16; half are between 10 and 23. That makes Liberty mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Liberty by state
How common Liberty was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Tennessee (2.4×), Utah (2.1×), Michigan (2.1×), Kansas (2.0×), Indiana (1.8×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in New Jersey, South Carolina, Massachusetts.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Liberty: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Liberty, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Liberty · Sibling names for Liberty
Questions about the name Liberty
What does Liberty mean?
Liberty means “freedom” (English, Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Liberty?
Liberty was the 1188th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 195 babies. Its best year was 2004, when it ranked 406th with 749 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 633 places. More babies were named Liberty in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Liberty a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Liberty in the US.
Where is Liberty most popular?
In 2021–2025, Liberty was most common in Idaho (0.54 per 1,000 girls), followed by Tennessee and Utah.