Liza

#1,643 for girls in 2025, 126 births · Last seen for boys in 1984 at #6,315
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1881 · 23 births
Debut · girls
18 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
17,641
since 1880

Liza over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #338, 1881girls
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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#1,643126
2024#1,796112
2023#1,645126
2022#1,742119
2021#1,524138
2020#1,728116
2019#1,608132
2018#1,663126
2017#1,779117
2016#1,799115
2015#1,685126
2014#1,714122
2013#1,792114
2012#1,859108
2011#1,953101
2010#2,11893
2009#1,733126
2008#1,949108
2007#1,971104
2006#1,939103
2005#1,704116
2004#1,698114
2003#1,383145
2002#1,432133
2001#1,257156
2000#1,344140
1999#1,275145
1998#1,180158
1997#1,249142
1996#1,015184
1995#1,055170
1994#1,014183
1993#999185
1992#987193
1991#880224
1990#883219
1989#743265
1988#775242
1987#769233
1986#774220
1985#712242
1984#626283#6,3155
1983#562323
1982#510393
1981#489421
1980#460460
1979#454448
1978#474416
1977#411498
1976#448432
1975#450435#3,6599
1974#458392
1973#392518
1972#479373
1971#536341
1970#487410
1969#557315
1968#547312
1967#530317
1966#513340
1965#508348
1964#585287
1963#664230
1962#729200
1961#715210
1960#909135
1959#829153
1958#973113
1957#1,05198
1956#1,63742
1955#1,25365
1954#1,26761
1953#1,22562
1952#1,28555
1951#1,23956
1950#1,21258
1949#1,56435
1948#1,77828
1947#1,51039
1946#1,43937
1945#1,37434
1944#1,80822
1943#1,42334
1942#1,86021
1941#1,69622
1940#1,47727
1939#1,58523
1938#1,80519
1937#1,91417
1936#1,80118
1935#1,51424
1934#1,69720
1933#1,40027
1932#1,56824
1931#1,28732
1930#1,56925
1929#2,58712
1928#1,58926
1927#1,42332
1926#1,30336
1925#1,37634
1924#1,18844
1923#1,23140
1922#1,53629
1921#1,86722
1920#1,43931
1919#1,44529
1918#1,16541
1917#1,06544
1916#1,29831
1915#1,33928
1914#1,09830
1913#90135
1912#84635
1911#76632
1910#65842
1909#86822
1908#80923
1907#89818
1906#67829
1905#79721
1904#93815
1903#76020
1902#60030
1901#69921
1900#70526
1899#53731
1898#69722
1897#61525
1896#59427
1895#70320
1894#55727
1893#59423
1892#49830
1891#50626
1890#40040
1889#46828
1888#47028
1887#43526
1886#41627
1885#48419
1884#47918
1883#42320
1882#45816
1881#33823
1880#38818
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Liza was already there! It came in at #388, and was given to 18 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1929, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.

See more about Liza
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 153 spots since 2024 (#1,796#1,643)
  • 85 spots since 2020 (#1,728#1,643)
  • 42 spots since 2015 (#1,685#1,643)
  • Biggest jump: 210 spots in 1910 (#868#658)
  • Biggest drop: 220 spots in 1907 (#678#898)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #338 (23 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 70 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1958–1993
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,815
  • Highest: 1 in 2,815 girls born in 1973 were named Liza (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,756 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #338 in 1881, was only 1 in 3,998 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 24.2% of all girls named Liza (4,263) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s223#338 (1881)#436
1890s271#400 (1890)#570
1900s225#600 (1902)#775
1910s347#658 (1910)#1,058
1920s306#1,188 (1924)#1,554
1930s229#1,287 (1931)#1,614
1940s299#1,374 (1945)#1,593
1950s763#829 (1959)#1,197
1960s2,694#508 (1965)#626
1970s4,263#392 (1973)#459
1980s3,082#460 (1980)#642
1990s1,803#880 (1991)#1,054
2000s1,245#1,257 (2001)#1,641
2010s1,154#1,608 (2019)#1,797
2020s737#1,524 (2021)#1,680

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.

Liza in 1955

girls
#1,253
65 births · 1 in 30,081 girls

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #1,253Liza65
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 30,081 of them was named Liza, which outranked 81.4% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Liza
  1. #1,246Lorine66
  2. #1,246Lugene66
  3. #1,246Zandra66
  4. #1,253Liza65
  5. #1,253Andra65
  6. #1,253Babette65
  7. #1,253Drema65
  8. #1,261Bunny64
  9. #1,261Cathi64
  10. #1,261Charline64

Tied with 7 names at #1,253; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 793Athena#1,505#712
  2. 675Desiree#984#309
  3. 661Roni#1,197#536
  4. 630Gisele#1,444#814
  5. 593Carmel#1,422#829
Fallers
  1. 514Valinda#806#1,320
  2. 378Elouise#969#1,347
  3. 287Veda#831#1,118
  4. 275Drema#978#1,253
  5. 264Brooke#965#1,229

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

See the top 100 for 1955