Independence — girls' name

What the Data Says About Independence

The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Independence between 2001 and 2016, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Independence currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Independence performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Independence shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Independence 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 16 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.