Liz
Liz was given to 178 girls in 2025, #1,259 among girls’ names; 10,223 Americans have been recorded with it since 1930 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 9,180 Americans named Liz and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 56 years old and half are between 21 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Liz by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Liz mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Liz is “a diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.”
/lɪz/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Liz?
#1,259 among girls’ names, 2025
Liz rose from #2,636 in 2015 to #1,259 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.04 to 0.11 per 1,000.
664 babies in 1961, the peak
Liz peaked in 1961, when 664 girls were given it, #375 among girls’ names. The 178 births of 2025 are 27% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 178 | #1,259 | 0.11 |
| 2024 | 169 | #1,355 | 0.10 |
| 2023 | 206 | #1,172 | 0.13 |
| 2022 | 194 | #1,244 | 0.12 |
| 2021 | 107 | #1,868 | 0.07 |
| 2020 | 161 | #1,359 | 0.10 |
| 2019 | 111 | #1,838 | 0.07 |
| 2018 | 79 | #2,319 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | 73 | #2,479 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 84 | #2,282 | 0.05 |
Every recorded year (92)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 68 | #2,636 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 64 | #2,726 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 72 | #2,500 | 0.04 |
| 2012 | 87 | #2,178 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 80 | #2,338 | 0.05 |
| 2010 | 68 | #2,663 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 78 | #2,462 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 120 | #1,812 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 147 | #1,552 | 0.08 |
| 2006 | 127 | #1,669 | 0.07 |
| 2005 | 96 | #1,987 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 86 | #2,107 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 70 | #2,381 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 82 | #2,088 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 62 | #2,499 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 72 | #2,198 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 64 | #2,325 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 68 | #2,135 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 81 | #1,835 | 0.05 |
| 1996 | 54 | #2,409 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 62 | #2,167 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 74 | #1,915 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 70 | #1,995 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 83 | #1,765 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 82 | #1,754 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 65 | #2,056 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 72 | #1,841 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 62 | #1,957 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 56 | #2,007 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 57 | #1,943 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 57 | #1,937 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 64 | #1,715 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 58 | #1,828 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 61 | #1,797 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 63 | #1,778 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 61 | #1,795 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,936 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 48 | #2,002 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 39 | #2,324 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 52 | #1,806 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 48 | #1,890 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 62 | #1,558 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 80 | #1,290 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 79 | #1,299 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 93 | #1,218 | 0.06 |
| 1970 | 102 | #1,141 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 121 | #979 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 118 | #954 | 0.07 |
| 1967 | 133 | #890 | 0.08 |
| 1966 | 189 | #716 | 0.11 |
| 1965 | 237 | #637 | 0.13 |
| 1964 | 348 | #527 | 0.18 |
| 1963 | 421 | #471 | 0.22 |
| 1962 | 523 | #426 | 0.27 |
| 1961 | 664 | #375 | 0.33 |
| 1960 | 638 | #377 | 0.32 |
| 1959 | 621 | #380 | 0.31 |
| 1958 | 538 | #397 | 0.27 |
| 1957 | 276 | #581 | 0.13 |
| 1956 | 118 | #930 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 74 | #1,159 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,968 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,953 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 25 | #2,051 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,788 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 22 | #2,089 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,580 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 40 | #1,467 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,304 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 43 | #1,329 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,560 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,839 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,868 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,403 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,590 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,372 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,174 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 6 | #4,070 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,571 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 6 | #4,007 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,767 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,319 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Liz a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Liz has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 92 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Liz: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Liz, and how old are they?
9,180 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 10,223 Americans ever recorded as Liz. The median Liz alive today is 56 years old; half are between 21 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 23,084 people named Liz (22,992 women and girls, 92 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,518 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 85 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,770 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,390 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,010 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,370 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,560 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Liz born?
The states with the most babies named Liz are California, New York and Texas, with 49% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,707 | #1,539 | 1.6× |
| New York | 1,022 | #1,761 | 1.3× |
| Texas | 924 | #1,760 | 1.2× |
| Florida | 653 | #511 | 1.7× |
| New Jersey | 369 | #753 | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 326 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Massachusetts | 278 | #171 | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 215 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 192 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 171 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Liz is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Liz is most over-represented in Florida: since 1930 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Liz with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Liz
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1930-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Gigi | 4,472 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Liz and names like it
- Compare Liz and GigiBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sLiz peaked in 1961.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Liz since 1910.
- The top names of 1961The year the most babies were named Liz.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Liz alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.