Girls' name · since 1981
Liezel
53 babies named Liezel in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,372 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Liezel is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 53 have been recorded since 1981.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Liezel has been recorded 53 times among girls since 1981, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2018.
- #34,372 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 53 born since 1981
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Liezel ranks #34,372 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 53 born since 1981, peaking in the 2010s.
- #34,372 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Liezel's 53 recorded births place it above 52.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Liezel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Liezel's full recorded timeline at 2009, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Liezel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2018
- Peak year (2011)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Liezel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (23 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Liezel's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Liezel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 23 births (43% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Liezel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1981–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Liezel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.