Liberato
Liberato is a personal name and surname, being a Portuguese, Spanish and Italian variant of the Latin name Liberatus, that means free man, referring to a slave who was freed, described as “the one who gets freedom”.
- Italian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Liberato
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Liberato is a personal name and surname, being a Portuguese, Spanish and Italian variant of the Latin name Liberatus, that means free man, referring to a slave who was freed, described as “the one who gets freedom”.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
The Story of Liberato
Liberato first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1912, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1920: 17 births, good for #1,966 nationwide. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 53% of all recorded Liberatos. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1998 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 166 Liberatos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Liberato
Liberato is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 166 births in the dataset. Liberato's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #1,966. Use the chart and map above to compare Liberato'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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