Girls' name · since 1976

Liseth

Liseth has 753 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#9,104 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,627 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
753
born since 1976
2000s
peak decade

Liseth currently ranks #9627 among girls' names in America, with 753 babies recorded since 1976.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Liseth has been recorded 753 times among girls since 1976, currently ranked #9627 nationally and more common than 44% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.

  • #9,104 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #9,627 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 753 born since 1976
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Liseth ranks #9,104 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,627 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 753 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.

#9,104 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,627 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
753
born since 1976
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%44.3%
Liseth vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Liseth's 753 recorded births place it above 87.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

3 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Liseth compares

753 Top 37% higher than 63% of 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

Liseth's all-time total is 100% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Liseth Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 753 376 567,345
Peak-year births 43 21 19,840

Liseth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Liseth's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 43, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Liseth popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1999)
43
Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
01020304050 197619821988199420002006201220192025 10

Liseth by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (258 births, 34% of the file).

2000s was Liseth's strongest decade.

258 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.

Liseth births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 258 births (34% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Liseth compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Liseth's total volume

Liseth vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 2%4%6%8%10%12% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -28, 9.3%-106, 7.2%-49, 5.7%-36, 6.2%-110, 9.7%-112, 6.1%-112, 5.8%-120, 2.7%-53, 4.8%-120, 6.1%-50, 3.9%-67, 4.1%-117, 4.1%-18, 10.2%-134, 7.5%Liseth-50, 5.7%Liseth
Liseth vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Liseth by state

Where Liseth concentrates geographically, total births since 1976

Regionally concentrated
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Liseth
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
256 34.0%
#2 Texas
55 7.3%
#3 Arizona
5 0.7%
California share of Liseth's total US births 34.0%
Even split

256 of 753 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Liseth?
Since 1976, Social Security records show 753 babies named Liseth. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #9,104 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #9,627 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 1999, with 43 births.
Where does Liseth sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Liseth ranks #9,104 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,627 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Liseth most popular?
Liseth was most popular in the 2000s decade with 258 total births. The single peak year was 1999.
Where is Liseth most popular?
The top states for the name Liseth are California (256 births), Texas (55 births), Arizona (5 births).
How long has the name Liseth been used?
Liseth has been recorded in Social Security data since 1976, spanning 50 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Liseth?
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.

What to do with Liseth's data

  • Liseth's decade-level peak was the 2000s (258 total births); usage has since declined to 36 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • California records the most Liseths (256 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Liseth

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Liseth: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1976–2025 (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 Liseth 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.