Girls' name · since 1956
Lissette
7,496 babies named Lissette in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,980 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,158 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,496
- born since 1956
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lissette currently ranks #6158 among girls' names in America, with 7,496 babies recorded since 1956.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lissette has been recorded 7,496 times among girls since 1956, currently ranked #6158 nationally and more common than 64% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2025.
- #1,980 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,158 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,496 born since 1956
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lissette ranks #1,980 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,158 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,496 born since 1956, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,980 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,158 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,496
- born since 1956
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lissette's 7,496 recorded births place it above 97.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Lissette compares
7,496 Top 11% higher than 89% 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
Lissette's all-time total is 20x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lissette | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,496 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 254 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lissette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lissette's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1956, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 254, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lissette popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2025
- Peak year (1989)
- 254
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Lissette popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1986 (Lissette as boys' name)
Lissette by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,838 births, 25% of the file).
1990s was Lissette's strongest decade.
1,838 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Lissette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 28
1950s
28 births
- 1960s
1960s
761 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,624 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,753 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,838 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,023 births
- 2010s 376
2010s
376 births
- 2020s 93
2020s
93 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,838 births (25% of all-time use).
How Lissette 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 Lissette's total volume
Lissette by state
Where Lissette concentrates geographically, total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,926 | 25.7% |
| #2 | California | | 1,481 | 19.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 934 | 12.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 631 | 8.4% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 596 | 8.0% |
| #6 | Texas | | 439 | 5.9% |
| #7 | Connecticut | | 84 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 77 | 1.0% |
1,926 of 7,496 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Lissette appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lissette's data
- Lissette's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,838 total births); usage has since declined to 93 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Lissettes (1,926 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lissette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~69 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, 1956–2025 (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 Lissette 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.