How Many People Are Named Liberty?
An estimated 14,547 people in the United States have the first name Liberty. It is predominantly female (99.0%). The average bearer is 19 years old, and Liberty peaked in popularity in 2004 with 754 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Liberty as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Liberty paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- While Liberty is overwhelmingly female, 154 male births have been registered with this name since 1880.
Estimated Living Americans
14,547
About 1 in 23,562 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
99.0% confidence
Average Age
19
years old
Peak Year
2004
754 births
Total Registered
15,204
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Liberty
Liberty is predominantly female (99.0%), though 154 male births have been registered. It functions as a unisex name for a small percentage of bearers.
Liberty as a male name
Ranked #11,611 in 2017
6 male births in 2017
Peak: 1976 (16 births)
Liberty as a female name
Ranked #982 in 2024
263 female births in 2024
Peak: 2004 (749 births)
Liberty: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Liberty span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 5,369 babies were registered. While Liberty is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Liberty by Decade
How has Liberty tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Liberty by State
Birth registrations for Liberty span all 45 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Ohio. The lowest are in Wyoming, New Hampshire, Connecticut. On average, about 278 Libertys were registered per state.
Liberty + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Liberty as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Liberty
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Liberty: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Liberty?
We estimate approximately 14,547 people named Liberty are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 23,562 Americans share this first name.
Is Liberty a common name?
Liberty is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 98.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 15,204 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Liberty most popular?
Liberty reached peak popularity in 2004, when 754 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Liberty is approximately 19 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Liberty a female name?
Liberty is predominantly female. 99.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Liberty Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Liberty Smith, Liberty Johnson, Liberty Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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