Liezl — girls' name
33 babies named Liezl in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
33 girls have been named Liezl since 1980, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1993.
- 33
- total births
- 1980–1993
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 73%
- born in that decade
73% of everyone ever named Liezl was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Liezl in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Liezl
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Liezl between 1980 and 1993, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Liezl currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Liezl performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Liezl shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Liezl in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Liezl 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 33 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.
Liezl at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Liezl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1980
- Peak year (1993)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
33 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 9 births in a single year.
Liezl by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 24 births that decade — 73% of Liezl's all-time total
Liezl decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 9 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Liezl's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% of all-time use.
Liezl by state
Where Liezl concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 18.2% |
6 of 33 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 18.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.2% 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, 1980–1993 (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.