Lisa

#987 for girls in 2025, 256 births · Last seen for boys in 2000 at #8,209
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1965 · 60,271 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
40 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
967,229
since 1886

Lisa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #1, 1965girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#987256
2024#984264
2023#847317
2022#930290
2021#1,024248
2020#1,031243
2019#954277
2018#877308
2017#882309
2016#829346
2015#754374
2014#740378
2013#770354
2012#706398
2011#702396
2010#712396
2009#693420
2008#603510
2007#571525
2006#500609
2005#493619
2004#427710
2003#372811
2002#359830
2001#336908
2000#2941,088#8,2097
1999#2821,113
1998#2301,364
1997#1941,546
1996#1681,864#7,1367
1995#1442,236
1994#1232,564#4,53713
1993#1003,223#6,8167
1992#883,781#4,87211
1991#834,395#4,00514
1990#645,347#3,97114
1989#556,573#2,24530
1988#437,267#1,79038
1987#407,549#2,21526
1986#407,907#1,91731
1985#369,012#1,79433
1984#2910,238#1,39946
1983#2711,469#1,27552
1982#2312,637#1,44144
1981#1814,294#1,13365
1980#1615,664#1,16661
1979#1317,286#1,07768
1978#1117,033#1,27250
1977#1217,014#1,21053
1976#917,346#1,06761
1975#818,139#98469
1974#819,778#94874
1973#522,677#99266
1972#327,543#81596
1971#332,907#723130
1970#238,967#709137
1969#145,028#647149
1968#149,534#575172
1967#152,437#680120
1966#156,918#606151
1965#160,271#575177
1964#154,270#673131
1963#156,047#713120
1962#146,069#749104
1961#242,720#84682
1960#633,693#82186
1959#1025,699#1,00459
1958#1920,202#1,27736
1957#2615,142#1,45729
1956#3111,012#1,82119
1955#488,539#1,72520
1954#735,913#2,7439
1953#1113,602#2,7099
1952#1262,842#3,0957
1951#1771,698
1950#2201,175
1949#318596
1948#364468
1947#388423
1946#426327
1945#451250
1944#519193
1943#592162
1942#672124
1941#74192
1940#73489
1939#77577
1938#79279
1937#95053
1936#1,00347
1935#1,30731
1934#1,26332
1933#1,65821
1932#1,13040
1931#1,39428
1930#1,34732
1929#1,70422
1928#2,62312
1927#2,43314
1926#1,44931
1925#2,61713
1924#1,81123
1923#2,36615
1922#2,38715
1921#2,19517
1920#2,17217
1919#2,38414
1918#2,37614
1917#2,42813
1916#2,65811
1915#2,14314
1914#2,00912
1913#1,46516
1912#2,3607
1911#1,6569
1910#1,6349
1909
1908
1907#1,6397
1906
1905#1,9315
1904#1,2519
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899#1,2787
1898
1897
1896#1,5835
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886#9936
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Lisa! It came in at #993, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1898, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lisa
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#984#987)
  • 44 spots since 2020 (#1,031#987)
  • 233 spots since 2015 (#754#987)
  • Biggest jump: 158 spots in 1938 (#950#792)
  • Biggest drop: 137 spots in 2024 (#847#984)
Rise & fade · girls
79 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1965 at #1 (60,271 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: 18 yrs · run 1959–1976
  • Top 100: 40 yrs · run 1954–1993
  • Top 1,000: 88 yrs · run 1937–2019
Share of babies · girls
1 in 29
  • Highest: 1 in 29 girls born in 1965 were named Lisa (3.4%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,278 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 51.4% of all girls named Lisa (496,987) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#993 (1886)#993
1890s12#1,278 (1899)#1,431
1900s21#1,251 (1904)#1,607
1910s119#1,465 (1913)#2,111
1920s179#1,449 (1926)#2,176
1930s440#775 (1939)#1,162
1940s2,724#318 (1949)#521
1950s95,824#10 (1959)#84
1960s496,987#1 (1965)#2
1970s228,690#2 (1970)#7
1980s102,610#16 (1980)#33
1990s27,433#64 (1990)#148
2000s7,030#294 (2000)#465
2010s3,536#702 (2011)#793
2020s1,618#847 (2023)#967

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lisa in 1954

girls
#73
5,913 births · 1 in 328 girls
boys
#2,743
9 births · 1 in 226,528 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #73Lisa5,913

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #2,743Lisa9
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 328 of them was named Lisa, which outranked 98.9% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lisa
  1. #70Julie6,275
  2. #71Rhonda6,100
  3. #72Helen5,947
  4. #73Lisa5,913
  5. #74Elaine5,825
  6. #75Phyllis5,763
  7. #76Darlene5,510
Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 1,699Sherree#2,699#1,000
  2. 1,434Sabrina#2,236#802
  3. 932Valinda#1,738#806
  4. 748Sheree#1,071#323
  5. 421Sherie#1,248#827
Fallers
  1. 396Enola#948#1,344
  2. 311Ila#782#1,093
  3. 302Nancie#816#1,118
  4. 282Arline#904#1,186
  5. 269Candyce#944#1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 226,528 of them was named Lisa, which outranked 37.1% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lisa
  1. #2,592Ysidro10
  2. #2,592Zan10
  3. #2,592Zeke10
  4. #2,743Lisa9
  5. #2,743Abdul9
  6. #2,743Abelino9
  7. #2,743Abran9
  8. #2,942Addie8
  9. #2,942Alcide8
  10. #2,942Alejo8

Tied with 198 names at #2,743; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 592Ricci#1,331#739
  2. 470Demetrius#1,357#887
  3. 382Crawford#1,378#996
  4. 310Gavin#1,139#829
  5. 296Dino#1,058#762
Fallers
  1. 504Arlin#878#1,382
  2. 347Adan#895#1,242
  3. 345Dayton#966#1,311
  4. 302Garey#966#1,268
  5. 293Bartholomew#975#1,268

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1954