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
- Peak · girls
- 1965 · 60,271 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 40 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 967,229since 1886
Lisa over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #987 | 256 | — | |
| 2024 | #984 | 264 | — | |
| 2023 | #847 | 317 | — | |
| 2022 | #930 | 290 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,024 | 248 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,031 | 243 | — | |
| 2019 | #954 | 277 | — | |
| 2018 | #877 | 308 | — | |
| 2017 | #882 | 309 | — | |
| 2016 | #829 | 346 | — | |
| 2015 | #754 | 374 | — | |
| 2014 | #740 | 378 | — | |
| 2013 | #770 | 354 | — | |
| 2012 | #706 | 398 | — | |
| 2011 | #702 | 396 | — | |
| 2010 | #712 | 396 | — | |
| 2009 | #693 | 420 | — | |
| 2008 | #603 | 510 | — | |
| 2007 | #571 | 525 | — | |
| 2006 | #500 | 609 | — | |
| 2005 | #493 | 619 | — | |
| 2004 | #427 | 710 | — | |
| 2003 | #372 | 811 | — | |
| 2002 | #359 | 830 | — | |
| 2001 | #336 | 908 | — | |
| 2000 | #294 | 1,088 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #282 | 1,113 | — | |
| 1998 | #230 | 1,364 | — | |
| 1997 | #194 | 1,546 | — | |
| 1996 | #168 | 1,864 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #144 | 2,236 | — | |
| 1994 | #123 | 2,564 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #100 | 3,223 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #88 | 3,781 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #83 | 4,395 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #64 | 5,347 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #55 | 6,573 | #2,245 | 30 |
| 1988 | #43 | 7,267 | #1,790 | 38 |
| 1987 | #40 | 7,549 | #2,215 | 26 |
| 1986 | #40 | 7,907 | #1,917 | 31 |
| 1985 | #36 | 9,012 | #1,794 | 33 |
| 1984 | #29 | 10,238 | #1,399 | 46 |
| 1983 | #27 | 11,469 | #1,275 | 52 |
| 1982 | #23 | 12,637 | #1,441 | 44 |
| 1981 | #18 | 14,294 | #1,133 | 65 |
| 1980 | #16 | 15,664 | #1,166 | 61 |
| 1979 | #13 | 17,286 | #1,077 | 68 |
| 1978 | #11 | 17,033 | #1,272 | 50 |
| 1977 | #12 | 17,014 | #1,210 | 53 |
| 1976 | #9 | 17,346 | #1,067 | 61 |
| 1975 | #8 | 18,139 | #984 | 69 |
| 1974 | #8 | 19,778 | #948 | 74 |
| 1973 | #5 | 22,677 | #992 | 66 |
| 1972 | #3 | 27,543 | #815 | 96 |
| 1971 | #3 | 32,907 | #723 | 130 |
| 1970 | #2 | 38,967 | #709 | 137 |
| 1969 | #1 | 45,028 | #647 | 149 |
| 1968 | #1 | 49,534 | #575 | 172 |
| 1967 | #1 | 52,437 | #680 | 120 |
| 1966 | #1 | 56,918 | #606 | 151 |
| 1965 | #1 | 60,271 | #575 | 177 |
| 1964 | #1 | 54,270 | #673 | 131 |
| 1963 | #1 | 56,047 | #713 | 120 |
| 1962 | #1 | 46,069 | #749 | 104 |
| 1961 | #2 | 42,720 | #846 | 82 |
| 1960 | #6 | 33,693 | #821 | 86 |
| 1959 | #10 | 25,699 | #1,004 | 59 |
| 1958 | #19 | 20,202 | #1,277 | 36 |
| 1957 | #26 | 15,142 | #1,457 | 29 |
| 1956 | #31 | 11,012 | #1,821 | 19 |
| 1955 | #48 | 8,539 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #73 | 5,913 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #111 | 3,602 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #126 | 2,842 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #177 | 1,698 | — | |
| 1950 | #220 | 1,175 | — | |
| 1949 | #318 | 596 | — | |
| 1948 | #364 | 468 | — | |
| 1947 | #388 | 423 | — | |
| 1946 | #426 | 327 | — | |
| 1945 | #451 | 250 | — | |
| 1944 | #519 | 193 | — | |
| 1943 | #592 | 162 | — | |
| 1942 | #672 | 124 | — | |
| 1941 | #741 | 92 | — | |
| 1940 | #734 | 89 | — | |
| 1939 | #775 | 77 | — | |
| 1938 | #792 | 79 | — | |
| 1937 | #950 | 53 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,003 | 47 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,307 | 31 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,263 | 32 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,130 | 40 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,394 | 28 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,347 | 32 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,449 | 31 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,195 | 17 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1965 at #1 (60,271 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: 18 yrs · run 1959–1976
- Top 100: 40 yrs · run 1954–1993
- Top 1,000: 88 yrs · run 1937–2019
- Highest: 1 in 29 girls born in 1965 were named Lisa (3.4%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,278 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 51.4% of all girls named Lisa (496,987) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #993 (1886) | #993 |
| 1890s | 12 | #1,278 (1899) | #1,431 |
| 1900s | 21 | #1,251 (1904) | #1,607 |
| 1910s | 119 | #1,465 (1913) | #2,111 |
| 1920s | 179 | #1,449 (1926) | #2,176 |
| 1930s | 440 | #775 (1939) | #1,162 |
| 1940s | 2,724 | #318 (1949) | #521 |
| 1950s | 95,824 | #10 (1959) | #84 |
| 1960s | 496,987 | #1 (1965) | #2 |
| 1970s | 228,690 | #2 (1970) | #7 |
| 1980s | 102,610 | #16 (1980) | #33 |
| 1990s | 27,433 | #64 (1990) | #148 |
| 2000s | 7,030 | #294 (2000) | #465 |
| 2010s | 3,536 | #702 (2011) | #793 |
| 2020s | 1,618 | #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 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 940 of them was named Lisa, which outranked 98.9% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 270,614 of them was named Lisa, which outranked 32.3% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,496Zeferino8
- #6,496Ziare8
- #6,496Zohair8
- #7,136Lisa7
- #7,136Aaric7
- #7,136Aasin7
- #7,136Abby7
- #7,971Aalim6
- #7,971Aaronjames6
- #7,971Abdalla6
Tied with 834 names at #7,136; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.