Lisett — girls' name
488 babies named Lisett in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Lisett was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Lisett in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lisett
The Social Security Administration has registered 488 babies named Lisett between 1970 and 2012, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lisett currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lisett performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 173 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lisett shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 175 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Lisett in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lisett 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 488 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.
Lisett at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lisett popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1970
- Peak year (1999)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
488 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 27 births in a single year.
Lisett by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 173 births that decade — 35% of Lisett's all-time total
Lisett decade highlights
- Peak decade 173 births
- Runner-up 138 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Lisett's strongest decade
173 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Lisett by state
Where Lisett concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 175 | 35.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 18 | 3.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 1.0% |
175 of 488 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 35.9% of nationwide
- Texas 3.7% of nationwide
- New York 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 35.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1970–2012 (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.