Liza — #1799 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Liza

The Social Security Administration has registered 17,512 babies named Liza between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Liza currently holds the #1799 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 518 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Liza performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 4,264 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Liza shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 2,201 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Liza in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Liza 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 17,512 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.