Liz

#1,258 for girls in 2025, 178 births

Peak · girls
1961 · 664 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,223
since 1930

Liz over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Liz has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #374, 1961girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,258178
2024#1,350169
2023#1,168206
2022#1,239194
2021#1,861107
2020#1,357161
2019#1,833111
2018#2,30279
2017#2,46473
2016#2,26984
2015#2,61968
2014#2,71464
2013#2,48472
2012#2,16087
2011#2,32680
2010#2,64268
2009#2,44678
2008#1,808120
2007#1,551147
2006#1,664127
2005#1,98396
2004#2,10086
2003#2,36870
2002#2,08182
2001#2,48762
2000#2,19072
1999#2,30764
1998#2,12468
1997#1,82881
1996#2,39854
1995#2,15562
1994#1,90574
1993#1,98570
1992#1,76183
1991#1,75282
1990#2,05365
1989#1,83472
1988#1,95262
1987#1,99156
1986#1,93257
1985#1,92857
1984#1,70364
1983#1,81758
1982#1,78661
1981#1,76763
1980#1,78561
1979#1,91754
1978#1,98748
1977#2,30739
1976#1,79452
1975#1,87748
1974#1,55362
1973#1,28680
1972#1,28979
1971#1,21193
1970#1,140102
1969#975121
1968#951118
1967#886133
1966#713189
1965#637237
1964#527348
1963#471421
1962#424523
1961#374664
1960#377638
1959#380621
1958#397538
1957#580276
1956#929118
1955#1,15774
1954#1,94929
1953#1,93128
1952#2,02325
1951#1,77230
1950#2,05322
1949#1,56435
1948#1,46140
1947#1,30249
1946#1,31843
1945#1,54328
1944#1,80822
1943#1,83422
1942#1,38734
1941#1,56925
1940#2,29713
1939#2,12515
1938
1937#3,8006
1936#3,3767
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1933#3,7536
1932#3,5687
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1930#4,0476
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First appearance
1930

The first year at least five girls were named Liz! It came in at #4,047, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1931, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Liz is popular in 1964

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedNHWashington: #326 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,001 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #419 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,844 girlsMNIllinois: #477 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 4,675 girlsILWisconsin: #482 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,601 girlsWIMichigan: #553 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,104 girlsMINew York: #517 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 5,184 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedRIOregon: #333 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,959 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedIAIndiana: #451 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,685 girlsINOhio: #466 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 4,947 girlsOHPennsylvania: #567 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,694 girlsPANew Jersey: #421 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,065 girlsNJConnecticut: #360 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,027 girlsCTCalifornia: #394 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 2,604 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedUTColorado: #468 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,547 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedNEMissouri: #395 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,593 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedDEArizona: #423 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,436 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedKSArkansas: #391 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,901 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #376 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,702 girlsOKLouisiana: #505 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,034 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedALGeorgia: #650 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,312 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Liz, so not publishedHITexas: #605 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 5,214 girlsTXFlorida: #533 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,801 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Washington#326 · 1 in 2,001
  2. Oregon#333 · 1 in 1,959
  3. Connecticut#360 · 1 in 3,027
  4. Oklahoma#376 · 1 in 2,702
  5. Arkansas#391 · 1 in 2,901

Best ever in a state: #133 in Massachusetts, 2022.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Washington#326121 in 2,001
Oregon#33371 in 1,959
Connecticut#36081 in 3,027
Oklahoma#37671 in 2,702
Arkansas#39161 in 2,901
California#394661 in 2,604
Missouri#395111 in 3,593
Minnesota#41971 in 4,844
New Jersey#421141 in 4,065
Arizona#42361 in 2,436
Indiana#451101 in 4,685
Ohio#466191 in 4,947
Colorado#46851 in 3,547
Illinois#477211 in 4,675
Wisconsin#48261 in 6,601
Louisiana#50591 in 4,034
New York#517311 in 5,184
Florida#533101 in 4,801
Michigan#553111 in 7,104
Pennsylvania#567131 in 7,694
Texas#605201 in 5,214
Georgia#65061 in 7,312
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Liz
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 92 spots since 2024 (#1,350#1,258)
  • 99 spots since 2020 (#1,357#1,258)
  • 1,361 spots since 2015 (#2,619#1,258)
  • Biggest jump: 349 spots in 1957 (#929#580)
  • Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1967 (#713#886)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1930
  • Peaked 1961 at #374 (664 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1956–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,040
  • Highest: 1 in 3,040 girls born in 1961 were named Liz (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,030 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 33.2% of all girls named Liz (3,392) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s47#2,125 (1939)#3,445
1940s311#1,302 (1947)#1,608
1950s1,761#380 (1959)#1,317
1960s3,392#374 (1961)#634
1970s657#1,140 (1970)#1,636
1980s611#1,703 (1984)#1,850
1990s703#1,752 (1991)#2,027
2000s940#1,551 (2007)#2,068
2010s786#1,833 (2019)#2,381
2020s1,015#1,168 (2023)#1,372

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.

Liz in 1964

girls
#527
348 births · 1 in 5,445 girls

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #527Liz348
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 5,445 of them was named Liz, which outranked 93.2% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Liz
  1. #524Keri352
  2. #525Cora351
  3. #526Gay350
  4. #527Liz348
  5. #528Annemarie345
  6. #529Caryn344
  7. #529Marta344
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 4,987Anjanette#5,891#904
  2. 2,403Deneen#2,619#216
  3. 2,162Denine#3,066#904
  4. 1,303Daneen#2,211#908
  5. 1,137Kecia#1,754#617
Fallers
  1. 341Leisha#993#1,334
  2. 320Cary#973#1,293
  3. 317Lisha#929#1,246
  4. 281Cecile#973#1,254
  5. 276Alexis#790#1,066

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

See the top 100 for 1964