Girl · #12,120 in 2026

Eleftheria

Eleftheria is a Greek female given name. Notable people with the name include:Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Greek folk singer Eleftheria Evgenia Efstathiou, Greek swimmer Eleftheria Eleftheriou, Greek Cypriot singer, musician, and actress Eleftheria Ftouli, Greek synchronized swimmer Eleftheria Hatzinikou, Greek volleyball player Eleftheria Maratos-Flier, American endocrinologist Eleftheria Mavrogeni,…

  • Greek
Current Rank
#12,120
Peak Rank
#4,613 (1976)
Total Babies
258
5-Yr Trend
Stable
1972
First Year
2024
Last Year
1976
Peak Year
#4613
Peak Rank
258
Total Count
36
Years Active

Meaning & Origin of Eleftheria

What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.

Eleftheria is a Greek female given name. Notable people with the name include:Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Greek folk singer Eleftheria Evgenia Efstathiou, Greek swimmer Eleftheria Eleftheriou, Greek Cypriot singer, musician, and actress Eleftheria Ftouli, Greek synchronized swimmer Eleftheria Hatzinikou, Greek volleyball player Eleftheria Maratos-Flier, American endocrinologist Eleftheria Mavrogeni,…

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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)

  • Greek

The Story of Eleftheria

American parents first put Eleftheria on the record books as a baby girl name in 1972, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1976, when 13 Eleftherias were born — ranking #4,613 that year. About 22% of every Eleftheria on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Eleftheria last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 258 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.

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Names that sound like Eleftheria

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Frequently Asked Questions about Eleftheria

What does the name Eleftheria mean?
Eleftheria is a Greek female given name. Notable people with the name include:Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Greek folk singer Eleftheria Evgenia Efstathiou, Greek swimmer Eleftheria Eleftheriou, Greek Cypriot singer, musician, and actress Eleftheria Ftouli, Greek synchronized swimmer Eleftheria Hatzinikou, Greek volleyball player Eleftheria Maratos-Flier, American endocrinologist Eleftheria Mavrogeni,…
What is the origin of the name Eleftheria?
Eleftheria has roots in the following cultural and linguistic traditions: Greek.
How popular is Eleftheria in 2026?
In 2026, Eleftheria ranks #12,120 among girls' names in the U.S., with 7 babies given the name that year.
When was Eleftheria most popular?
Eleftheria reached its peak popularity in 1976, ranking #4,613 that year with 13 babies given the name.
In which U.S. states is Eleftheria most popular?
Eleftheria has historically been most popular in New York. Rankings vary year to year, but these states show the strongest concentration of births named Eleftheria.
Is Eleftheria a unisex name?
In U.S. Social Security records, Eleftheria is primarily a girl's name. We don't have meaningful data for it as a boy's name.
What names go well with Eleftheria?
Names that share a similar style or popularity range with Eleftheria include Telma, Nadra, Atina. These pairings are based on rank proximity and naming era in U.S. data.

About the name Eleftheria

Eleftheria is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 258 births in the dataset. Eleftheria's peak popularity came in 1976 when it ranked #4,613. Use the chart and map above to compare Eleftheria's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.

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Data sources

  • Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
  • Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
  • Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
  • Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
  • Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .

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