Lise — #15445 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lise

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,790 babies named Lise between 1922 and 2024, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lise currently holds the #15445 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 157 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lise performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,084 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Lise shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 292 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Lise in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lise 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 2,790 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.