Free — #13804 US unisex name
76 babies named Free in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to girls today.
29% of everyone ever named Free was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Free in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Free
The Social Security Administration has registered 76 babies named Free between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Free currently holds the #13804 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Free is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 56 additional births since 1974.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Free performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Free shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Free in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 76 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Free at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Free popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (1975)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #13804 among girls.
76 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 9 births in a single year.
Free popularity over time — boys
56 total births recorded since 1974 (Free as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Free accounts for 42% of total recorded use across both genders.
Free by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 22 births that decade — 29% of Free's all-time total
Free decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Free's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.