Liza
Liza is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 111 births. Its best rank was 345th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1110.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1973518 births
- Best rank
- #345in 1881
- Since 1880
- 17,512people given the name
The story in the numbers
17,512 girls have been named Liza in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1973, with 518 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1977, and the 1970s alone account for 24%. It has spent 69 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Liza | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 223 | |
| 1890s | 271 | |
| 1900s | 225 | |
| 1910s | 347 | |
| 1920s | 306 | |
| 1930s | 229 | |
| 1940s | 299 | |
| 1950s | 763 | |
| 1960s | 2,694 | |
| 1970s | 4,264 | |
| 1980s | 3,082 | |
| 1990s | 1,802 | |
| 2000s | 1,244 | |
| 2010s | 1,154 | |
| 2020s | 609 |
In 1973, its biggest year
Liza was the 392nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1973 were Jennifer, Amy, Michelle, Kimberly and Lisa. See all of 1973.
Names that rose and fell with Liza
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Malissapeak 1979
- Cammiepeak 1968
- Angiepeak 1975
- Charitypeak 1975
- Angelepeak 1972
- Corriepeak 1977
- Bridgetpeak 1973
- Laurapeak 1964
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.