Liberty
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIB-er-tee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,186 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,186 for girls
Liberty is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “freedom”. In 2025 it ranked 1,186th for girls in the UK (29 babies) and 1,186th for girls in the US (195 babies).
What does Liberty mean?
English: English word, from Latin libertas
“freedom”
A virtue name from the English word for freedom, ultimately from the Latin libertas.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Liberty a girl's or a boy's name?
Liberty is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the UK and 195 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Liberty in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,186th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 9,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the UK were named Liberty, making it the 1,186th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 672nd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 313 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Liberty since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Liberty in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,133rd in England and Wales.
Liberty in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #1,186 |
| 2024 | 39 | #968 |
| 2023 | 51 | #768 |
| 2022 | 80 | #534 |
| 2021 | 64 | #658 |
| 2020 | 60 | #672 |
| 2019 | 70 | #621 |
| 2018 | 81 | #569 |
| 2017 | 65 | #687 |
| 2016 | 101 | #477 |
| 2015 | 117 | #430 |
| 2014 | 115 | #422 |
| 2013 | 122 | #399 |
| 2012 | 133 | #396 |
| 2011 | 124 | #408 |
| 2010 | 112 | #430 |
| 2009 | 109 | #435 |
| 2008 | 151 | #335 |
| 2007 | 166 | #311 |
| 2006 | 231 | #232 |
| 2005 | 247 | #216 |
| 2004 | 278 | #196 |
| 2003 | 313 | #169 |
| 2002 | 222 | #221 |
| 2001 | 266 | #176 |
| 2000 | 230 | #206 |
| 1999 | 227 | #214 |
| 1998 | 159 | #275 |
| 1997 | 154 | #272 |
| 1996 | 146 | #276 |
How popular is Liberty in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,186th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 195 about 1 in 8,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 195 girls in the US were named Liberty, making it the 1,186th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 651st. Its busiest year was 2004, with 749 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Liberty than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Liberty in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 200 girls in the US were given Liberty or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,058, up from #1,186 for this spelling alone.
- Liberty 195
- Liberti 5
Girls were 84% of the babies named Liberty in the US in 1917, and 99% in 2017.
Liberty in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 195 | #1,186 |
| 2024 | 266 | #975 |
| 2023 | 304 | #883 |
| 2022 | 377 | #760 |
| 2021 | 479 | #619 |
| 2020 | 443 | #651 |
| 2019 | 447 | #654 |
| 2018 | 534 | #578 |
| 2017 | 534 | #564 |
| 2016 | 577 | #541 |
| 2015 | 561 | #554 |
| 2014 | 548 | #560 |
| 2013 | 565 | #529 |
| 2012 | 492 | #593 |
| 2011 | 513 | #565 |
| 2010 | 594 | #501 |
| 2009 | 586 | #518 |
| 2008 | 496 | #617 |
| 2007 | 469 | #633 |
| 2006 | 552 | #539 |
| 2005 | 622 | #492 |
| 2004 | 749 | #406 |
| 2003 | 578 | #495 |
| 2002 | 584 | #481 |
| 2001 | 321 | #745 |
| 2000 | 192 | #1,073 |
| 1999 | 177 | #1,119 |
| 1998 | 139 | #1,288 |
| 1997 | 102 | #1,572 |
| 1996 | 84 | #1,765 |
| 1995 | 113 | #1,429 |
| 1994 | 68 | #2,042 |
| 1993 | 71 | #1,962 |
| 1992 | 69 | #1,982 |
| 1991 | 57 | #2,264 |
| 1990 | 59 | #2,169 |
| 1989 | 41 | #2,708 |
| 1988 | 44 | #2,442 |
| 1987 | 44 | #2,358 |
| 1986 | 104 | #1,293 |
| 1985 | 37 | #2,600 |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,914 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,960 |
| 1982 | 43 | #2,288 |
| 1981 | 55 | #1,935 |
| 1980 | 70 | #1,644 |
| 1979 | 64 | #1,712 |
| 1978 | 72 | #1,537 |
| 1977 | 68 | #1,576 |
| 1976 | 321 | #543 |
| 1975 | 97 | #1,192 |
| 1974 | 75 | #1,369 |
| 1973 | 32 | #2,349 |
| 1972 | 30 | #2,398 |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,477 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,208 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,956 |
| 1921 | 23 | #1,821 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,952 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,604 |
| 1918 | 150 | #585 |
| 1917 | 43 | #1,079 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
Nicknames for Liberty
- Libby 91 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Liberty
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lily, Emily, Ellie, Molly, Ivy, Holly, Felicity, Abigail, Destiny, Chloe, Jasmine, Zoe
Other spellings of Liberty
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
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, “Liberty: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/liberty, updated 20 October 2026.