girl's name

Liberty

  • Origin Latin
  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 20,240

Northern Ireland

#389

1999 births

Liberty is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 195 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Liberty is a name of Latin origin.
  • Peaked in 2004, when 754 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 17,002 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1912.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Liberty over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

5,371
'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Liberty by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 267
1920s 101
1930s 5
1940s 14
1950s 15
1960s 46
1970s 884
1980s 537
1990s 945
2000s 5,160
2010s 5,371
2020s (to 2025) 2,064

How popular is Liberty?

In 2025, Liberty was given to 195 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Liberty is used

Northern Ireland #389 3 in 1999
Scotland #721 4 in 2024
England & Wales #1,153 29 in 2025
United States #1,187 195 in 2025
Canada #1,929 12 in 2024
France #6,939 5 in 2021

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Liberty

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Liberty also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Liberty over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Liberty

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Liberty — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Liberty

How popular is the name Liberty?

In 2025, Liberty was given to 195 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Liberty a girl's or a boy's name?

Liberty is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Liberty?

Liberty has 3 syllables.

When was Liberty most popular?

Liberty peaked in 2004, when 754 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Liberty a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Liberty currently ranks #721 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.