Free
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Free by the numbers
Free was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 1974, making it a 1970s name.
What we can tell you about Free
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Sounds like Free
Names that are said the same way as Free, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Freylord or noble one7 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Free
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