Girls' name · since 2001
Independence
Independence has 16 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #48,696 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Independence sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 16 recorded since 2001.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Independence has been recorded 16 times among girls since 2001, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2016.
- #48,696 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Independence ranks #48,696 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #48,696 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Independence's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Independence's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Independence splits its recorded history at 2015: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Independence popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2016
- Peak year (2016)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Independence by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
2010s was Independence's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Independence births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Independence draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.