Freedom**
#4,592 most common girls' name of all time · #7,811 across all names · 36% male / 64% female · used 1918–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#4,592
Rank overall
#7,811 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
1,916
Since 2016
368
Peak year
1975 #1,886
Best rank
#1,851 1976
Girls
Boys
peak 73/yr
Freedom first appears in 1918. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 13 | 24 | #8,926 |
| 2024 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #9,640 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 24 | #8,544 |
| 2022 | 19 | 10 | 29 | #6,268 |
| 2021 | 21 | 23 | 44 | #5,778 |
| 2020 | 33 | 23 | 56 | #4,181 |
| 2019 | 31 | 8 | 39 | #4,457 |
| 2018 | 23 | 11 | 34 | #5,481 |
| 2017 | 37 | 12 | 49 | #4,011 |
| 2016 | 27 | 18 | 45 | #5,023 |
| 2015 | 26 | 18 | 44 | #5,160 |
| 2014 | 31 | 17 | 48 | #4,570 |
| 2013 | 22 | 18 | 40 | #5,863 |
| 2012 | 29 | 12 | 41 | #4,855 |
| 2011 | 24 | 11 | 35 | #5,569 |
| 2010 | 23 | 15 | 38 | #5,799 |
| 2009 | 32 | 12 | 44 | #4,590 |
| 2008 | 22 | 20 | 42 | #6,162 |
| 2007 | 31 | 12 | 43 | #4,704 |
| 2006 | 25 | 13 | 38 | #5,412 |
| 2005 | 34 | 24 | 58 | #4,131 |
| 2004 | 35 | 18 | 53 | #4,011 |
| 2003 | 44 | 27 | 71 | #3,306 |
| 2002 | 34 | 27 | 61 | #3,832 |
| 2001 | 50 | 17 | 67 | #2,890 |
| 2000 | 24 | 16 | 40 | #4,829 |
| 1999 | 22 | 19 | 41 | #4,897 |
| 1998 | 17 | 10 | 27 | #5,846 |
| 1997 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #9,123 |
| 1996 | 13 | 25 | 38 | #6,796 |
| 1995 | 14 | 11 | 25 | #6,311 |
| 1994 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #8,925 |
| 1993 | 14 | 16 | 30 | #6,329 |
| 1992 | 10 | 18 | 28 | #8,151 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,432 |
| 1990 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #13,210 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,880 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,565 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,039 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,746 |
| 1985 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,146 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,319 |
| 1983 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,219 |
| 1982 | 14 | 5 | 19 | #5,006 |
| 1981 | 16 | 13 | 29 | #4,592 |
| 1980 | 21 | 5 | 26 | #3,761 |
| 1979 | 49 | 7 | 56 | #2,061 |
| 1978 | 36 | 8 | 44 | #2,446 |
| 1977 | 37 | 14 | 51 | #2,394 |
| 1976 | 50 | 13 | 63 | #1,851 |
| 1975 | 48 | 25 | 73 | #1,886 |
| 1974 | 28 | 19 | 47 | #2,646 |
| 1973 | 17 | 9 | 26 | #3,683 |
| 1972 | 17 | 7 | 24 | #3,599 |
| 1971 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #6,153 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1918 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,424 |