Liese — girls' name
144 babies named Liese in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
144 girls have been named Liese since 1954, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1980.
- 144
- total births
- 1954–1980
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
61% of everyone ever named Liese was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Liese in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Liese
The Social Security Administration has registered 144 babies named Liese between 1954 and 1980, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Liese currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Liese performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Liese shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Liese in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Liese in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 144 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Liese at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Liese popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1954
- Peak year (1961)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
144 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 16 births in a single year.
Liese by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 88 births that decade — 61% of Liese's all-time total
Liese decade highlights
- Peak decade 88 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Liese's strongest decade
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Liese by state
Where Liese concentrates geographically — total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.5% |
5 of 144 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1954–1980 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.