Recorded 1958–2019 Girls' name Peak 2002 973 births

Lisbet — girls' name

973 babies named Lisbet in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s51960s51970s321980s841990s2692000s5232010s55
2000s
Peak decade

54% of everyone ever named Lisbet was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

132 babies were named Lisbet in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lisbet

The Social Security Administration has registered 973 babies named Lisbet between 1958 and 2019, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lisbet currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 132 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lisbet performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 523 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lisbet shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 294 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Lisbet in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lisbet 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 973 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.

Lisbet at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

973

Since 1958

62 years of records

Peak year

2002

132 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1958

Recorded for 62 years

Last year on file: 2019

Lisbet popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1958

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2002)
132
Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
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Lisbet by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
523 births that decade — 54% of Lisbet's all-time total
1950s51960s51970s321980s841990s2692000s5232010s55

Lisbet by state

Where Lisbet concentrates geographically — total births since 1958

Regionally concentrated
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Lisbet
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
294 30.2%
#2 Texas
100 10.3%
#3 Florida
34 3.5%
#4 Illinois
19 2.0%
#5 New York
12 1.2%
#6 North Carolina
10 1.0%
#7 Oregon
10 1.0%
#8 Georgia
6 0.6%
California share of Lisbet's total US births 30.2%
Even split

294 of 973 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lisbet?
973 babies have been named Lisbet since 1958. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2002 with 132 births.
When was Lisbet most popular?
Lisbet was most popular in the 2000s decade with 523 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
Where is Lisbet most popular?
The top states for the name Lisbet are California (294 births), Texas (100 births), Florida (34 births).
How long has the name Lisbet been used?
Lisbet has been recorded in Social Security data since 1958, spanning 62 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Lisbet?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lisa, Lisette, Lissette, Lisbeth, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1958–2019 (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.