Name Legacy

Freedom

Recorded 1918–2025 · United States

Freedom was most popular in 1975, when 73 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,308 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,082, with 24 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,916 people named Freedom.

Most popular in1975
Rank that year#2,308
Births that year73
Total since 18801,916
Given to64% girls

Freedom over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Freedom’s peak in 1975. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Freedom a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Freedom is a unisex name — 64.5% of the 1,916 Americans given it were girls and 35.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 2022 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 61% girls and 39% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org