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Freedom: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 13 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,906 in 1975.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,906 in 1975; #6,579 in 2025. About 54% of babies named Freedom in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#6,579 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1975, at #1,906.
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Freedom: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 13 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,906 in 1975 · most boys in one year: 27 (2003).
In 2025, 13 US boys were named Freedom, making it the 6,579th most common boys’ name of the year, down 291 places from #6,288 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 14 boys named Freedom in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,906, reached in 1975. The most boys given the name in a single year was 27, in 2003. For comparison, it was #5,130 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 11 US girls were named Freedom, making it the 9,057th most common girls’ name of the year, up 737 places from #9,794 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 10 girls named Freedom in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,848, reached in 1976. The most girls given the name in a single year was 50, in 2001. For comparison, it was #5,183 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Freedom in 57 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1918 with 5 babies. In all, 1,916 US babies have been given the name, 64% of them girls and 36% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 517 babies named Freedom.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 144 US boys were named Freedom; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 23. In 2025 that was about 1 in 131,390 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #9,057 | 13 | #6,579 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,794 | 14 | #6,288 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,641 | 12 | #7,042 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,303 | 10 | #7,950 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,821 | 23 | #4,408 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,202 | 23 | #4,316 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,477 | 8 | #9,156 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,513 | 11 | #7,287 |
| 2017 | 37 | #4,020 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2016 | 27 | #5,043 | 18 | #5,194 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,183 | 18 | #5,130 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,577 | 17 | #5,324 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,887 | 18 | #5,038 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,881 | 12 | #6,751 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,611 | 11 | #7,153 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,846 | 15 | #5,830 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,608 | 12 | #6,940 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,208 | 20 | #4,783 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,728 | 12 | #6,779 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,434 | 13 | #6,216 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,142 | 24 | #3,856 |
| 2004 | 35 | #4,029 | 18 | #4,656 |
| 2003 | 44 | #3,314 | 27 | #3,391 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,838 | 27 | #3,292 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,889 | 17 | #4,551 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,848 | 16 | #4,652 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,919 | 19 | #3,890 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,885 | 10 | #5,981 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,283 | 11 | #5,399 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,857 | 25 | #2,958 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,370 | 11 | #5,260 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,070 | 8 | #6,569 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,380 | 16 | #3,888 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,281 | 18 | #3,505 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,645 | — | — |
| 1990 | 5 | #13,691 | 6 | #7,478 |
| 1989 | 8 | #9,013 | — | — |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,792 | — | — |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,278 | — | — |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,935 | — | — |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,150 | — | — |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,505 | — | — |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,237 | — | — |
| 1982 | 14 | #5,016 | 5 | #6,687 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,599 | 13 | #3,283 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,756 | 5 | #6,589 |
| 1979 | 49 | #2,059 | 7 | #5,015 |
| 1978 | 36 | #2,445 | 8 | #4,289 |
| 1977 | 37 | #2,387 | 14 | #2,957 |
| 1976 | 50 | #1,848 | 13 | #2,991 |
| 1975 | 48 | #1,887 | 25 | #1,906 |
| 1974 | 28 | #2,634 | 19 | #2,221 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,679 | 9 | #3,534 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,606 | 7 | #4,135 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,191 | 6 | #4,591 |
| 1970 | — | — | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,101 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).