How rare is the name Liberty?

12,481 people in the United States have the first name Liberty, about 1 in 24,199. It ranks #2,139 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LIBERTY

#2,139

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,481
About
1 in 24,199
This common or more
78.7%
Who bears it

Of the 12,481 people named Liberty, 67.7% reported their origin as White, 9.2% as Black and 8.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Liberty peaked in 2004, when 754 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
754
In 2025*
195 ▼74%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,409 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Liberty by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,058. The largest share of babies named Liberty, 46.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#2,239267
1920s#5,316101
1930s#11,9535
1940s#10,21514
1950s#11,72115
1960s#9,32846
1970s#2,098884
1980s#3,256537
1990s#2,780945
2000s#1,0585,160
2010s#1,0905,371
2020s#1,5362,064
Greatest Generation 1901–272.4%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–806.3%
Millennials 1981–966.5%
Generation Z 1997–1246.6%
2013 and later37.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Liberty is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Liberty has been most common in Utah (3.9×), Nevada (2.8×), and Idaho (2.6×), and least common in New Jersey (0.25×).

12,638 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Liberty

#2,137 Zoila · 12,487#2,138 Destinee · 12,483#2,140 Genaro · 12,476#2,141 Antony · 12,470

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Liberty, most common first.

#17,167 Libertad · 647#21,087 Liberato · 485#45,829 Liberti · 147#46,679 Liberata · 142#51,501 Liberta · 113

Also a last name

As a last name, Liberty ranks #10,217 of 156,621, with 3,002 people. See Liberty as a last name

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