Recorded 1917–1948 Girls' name Peak 1917 83 births

Liberta — girls' name

83 babies named Liberta in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s181920s361930s131940s16
1920s
Peak decade

43% of everyone ever named Liberta was born in this single decade.

1917
Single peak year

7 babies were named Liberta in 1917 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Liberta

The Social Security Administration has registered 83 babies named Liberta between 1917 and 1948, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Liberta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1948. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Liberta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Liberta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Liberta 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 83 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.

Liberta at a glance

Last recorded 1948

Total births

83

Since 1917

32 years of records

Peak year

1917

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1948

Active since

1917

Recorded for 32 years

Last year on file: 1948

Liberta popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1917

Last recorded 1948
Peak year (1917)
7
Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 19481944193019281925192119181917 7

Liberta by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
36 births that decade — 43% of Liberta's all-time total
1910s181920s361930s131940s16

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Liberta?
83 babies have been named Liberta since 1917. It was last recorded in 1948. The peak year was 1917 with 7 births.
When was Liberta most popular?
Liberta was most popular in the 1920s decade with 36 total births. The single peak year was 1917.
How long has the name Liberta been used?
Liberta has been recorded in Social Security data since 1917, spanning 32 years of data through 1948.
What names are similar to Liberta?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Libby, Liberty, Libbie, Liba, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1917–1948 (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.