Given name
Independence
“one who has freedom”
Independence is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “one who has freedom.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who has freedom.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Independence through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Independence’s family of names
Independence has a related form in Independance. Independence has a related form in Indepindence. Independence has a related form in Indipindince.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Appears in
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