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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Free

Used in both girl and boy records

Free appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Free by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDFree as a girl’s nameUS records 1974–2024
#25206girl rank1975peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDFree as a boy’s nameUS records 1974–2020
#18428boy rank1974peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Free in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl19759 uses#598619751974–202010 listed years
Boy197412 uses#294719741974–20207 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.