Liberato — boys' name
166 babies named Liberato in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Liberato was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Liberato in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Liberato
The Social Security Administration has registered 166 babies named Liberato between 1912 and 1998, spanning 87 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Liberato currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Liberato performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Liberato shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Mexico, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Liberato in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Liberato 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 166 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.
Liberato at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Liberato popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1912
- Peak year (1920)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 87 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
166 total births across 87 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 17 births in a single year.
Liberato by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 88 births that decade — 53% of Liberato's all-time total
Liberato decade highlights
- Peak decade 88 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Liberato's strongest decade
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Liberato by state
Where Liberato concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Mexico | | 5 | 3.0% |
5 of 166 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Mexico 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Mexico accounts for 3.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1912–1998 (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.