Eleftheria
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- el-ef-theh-REE-ah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Eleftheria is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “freedom, liberty”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Eleftheria mean?
Greek: Greek word
“freedom, liberty”
The Greek national motto, Eleftheria i thanatos, means 'freedom or death'.
Is Eleftheria a girl's or a boy's name?
Eleftheria is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eleftheria in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Eleftheria in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Eleftheria in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Eleftheria in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Eleftheria, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1976, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Eleftheria in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eleftheria in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Nicknames for Eleftheria
- Ria 49 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Eleftheria
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophia, Anastasia, Emilia, Aria, Eliana, Ariana, Amelia, Mia, Lucia, Esme, Elena, Lara
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Eleftheria: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eleftheria, updated 20 October 2026.