Girls' name · since 1953
Lis
Since 1953, U.S. Social Security records show 360 babies named Lis, peaking in 1961. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,427 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,952 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 360
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lis currently ranks #8952 among girls' names in America, with 360 babies recorded since 1953.
Lis has 360 recorded births among girls since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8952 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 2025.
- #14,427 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,952 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 360 born since 1953
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lis ranks #14,427 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,952 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 360 born since 1953, peaking in the 1960s.
- #14,427 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,952 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 360
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
Lis's 360 recorded births place it above 80.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lis compares
360 49th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lis's all-time total is 4% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lis | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 360 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lis's full recorded timeline at 1982, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1961 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–2025
- Peak year (1961)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Lis by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (83 births, 23% of the file).
1960s was Lis's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Lis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 29
1950s
29 births
- 1960s
1960s
83 births
- 1970s
1970s
53 births
- 1980s
1980s
45 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
44 births
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 83 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Lis's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (83 total births) through the 2020s (53) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~72 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, 1953–2025 (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 Lis 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.