Liberty

Liberty: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “freedom”
Origin: English
Say it: LIB-er-tee · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

English word name from Latin libertas. It has long been used as a virtue name in the English-speaking world.

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How popular is Liberty?

202479.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Liberty in 2024263

2024 rank#982 girls

Peak year2004

Total US babies since 188015,204

Liberty has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Liberty

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Oliviaolive tree · English
Evelyndesired; little bird · English
Harperharp player · English
Violetviolet flower · English
Hazelhazel tree · English
Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
Lilylily flower · English
Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Liberty questions

What does the name Liberty mean?

Liberty means "freedom". It comes from English. English word name from Latin libertas. It has long been used as a virtue name in the English-speaking world.

Is Liberty a boy or girl name?

Liberty is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Liberty?

263 US babies were named Liberty in 2024. Its peak year was 2004.

How do you pronounce Liberty?

Liberty is usually pronounced LIB-er-tee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.