Liza
Liza was given to 126 girls in 2025, #1,648 among girls’ names; 17,655 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 15,100 Americans named Liza and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (85% of everyone recorded); the median is 46 years old and half are between 31 and 55.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Liza by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Liza mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Liza is “a diminutive of the female given names Eliza and Elizabeth, from Hebrew.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Liza?
#1,648 among girls’ names, 2025
Liza rose from #1,691 in 2015 to #1,648 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 70.6 to 78.4 per million.
518 babies in 1973, the peak
Liza peaked in 1973, when 518 girls were given it, #392 among girls’ names. The 126 births of 2025 are 24% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 126 | #1,648 | 0.08 |
| 2024 | 112 | #1,801 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 126 | #1,650 | 0.08 |
| 2022 | 119 | #1,748 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 138 | #1,530 | 0.08 |
| 2020 | 116 | #1,737 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 132 | #1,611 | 0.08 |
| 2018 | 126 | #1,668 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 117 | #1,785 | 0.07 |
| 2016 | 115 | #1,807 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 126 | #1,691 | 0.07 |
| 2014 | 122 | #1,721 | 0.07 |
| 2013 | 114 | #1,803 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 108 | #1,866 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 101 | #1,962 | 0.06 |
| 2010 | 93 | #2,132 | 0.05 |
| 2009 | 126 | #1,738 | 0.07 |
| 2008 | 108 | #1,958 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 104 | #1,982 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 103 | #1,952 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 116 | #1,710 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 114 | #1,705 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 145 | #1,383 | 0.08 |
| 2002 | 133 | #1,438 | 0.07 |
| 2001 | 156 | #1,262 | 0.09 |
| 2000 | 140 | #1,349 | 0.08 |
| 1999 | 145 | #1,276 | 0.08 |
| 1998 | 158 | #1,180 | 0.09 |
| 1997 | 142 | #1,254 | 0.08 |
| 1996 | 184 | #1,014 | 0.10 |
| 1995 | 170 | #1,055 | 0.10 |
| 1994 | 183 | #1,015 | 0.10 |
| 1993 | 185 | #1,001 | 0.10 |
| 1992 | 193 | #988 | 0.10 |
| 1991 | 224 | #879 | 0.12 |
| 1990 | 219 | #885 | 0.12 |
| 1989 | 265 | #744 | 0.14 |
| 1988 | 242 | #777 | 0.14 |
| 1987 | 233 | #769 | 0.13 |
| 1986 | 220 | #775 | 0.13 |
| 1985 | 242 | #714 | 0.14 |
| 1984 | 283 | #628 | 0.17 |
| 1983 | 323 | #564 | 0.19 |
| 1982 | 393 | #510 | 0.23 |
| 1981 | 421 | #489 | 0.25 |
| 1980 | 460 | #462 | 0.28 |
| 1979 | 448 | #454 | 0.28 |
| 1978 | 416 | #474 | 0.27 |
| 1977 | 498 | #411 | 0.32 |
| 1976 | 432 | #448 | 0.29 |
| 1975 | 435 | #450 | 0.30 |
| 1974 | 392 | #460 | 0.27 |
| 1973 | 518 | #392 | 0.36 |
| 1972 | 373 | #479 | 0.25 |
| 1971 | 341 | #537 | 0.20 |
| 1970 | 410 | #488 | 0.23 |
| 1969 | 315 | #557 | 0.19 |
| 1968 | 312 | #549 | 0.19 |
| 1967 | 317 | #530 | 0.19 |
| 1966 | 340 | #514 | 0.20 |
| 1965 | 348 | #509 | 0.20 |
| 1964 | 287 | #585 | 0.15 |
| 1963 | 230 | #664 | 0.12 |
| 1962 | 200 | #732 | 0.10 |
| 1961 | 210 | #719 | 0.10 |
| 1960 | 135 | #912 | 0.07 |
| 1959 | 153 | #831 | 0.08 |
| 1958 | 113 | #974 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 98 | #1,052 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 42 | #1,647 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 65 | #1,258 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 61 | #1,268 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 62 | #1,232 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 55 | #1,293 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 56 | #1,247 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 58 | #1,218 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,581 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,801 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 39 | #1,517 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,452 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,392 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,840 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 34 | #1,434 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,896 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,722 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,499 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,617 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,842 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,962 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,838 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 24 | #1,529 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,743 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,430 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,585 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,306 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 25 | #1,587 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,664 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,618 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,441 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 36 | #1,315 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,396 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 44 | #1,196 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 40 | #1,239 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,553 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,896 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 31 | #1,458 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,468 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 41 | #1,173 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 44 | #1,070 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,320 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,356 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,109 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 35 | #904 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 35 | #855 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 32 | #772 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 42 | #660 | 0.11 |
| 1909 | 22 | #883 | 0.06 |
| 1908 | 23 | #816 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 18 | #910 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 29 | #684 | 0.10 |
| 1905 | 21 | #814 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 15 | #953 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 20 | #775 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 30 | #609 | 0.11 |
| 1901 | 21 | #712 | 0.09 |
| 1900 | 26 | #716 | 0.09 |
| 1899 | 31 | #544 | 0.13 |
| 1898 | 22 | #706 | 0.09 |
| 1897 | 25 | #622 | 0.11 |
| 1896 | 27 | #602 | 0.11 |
| 1895 | 20 | #714 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 27 | #565 | 0.12 |
| 1893 | 23 | #608 | 0.11 |
| 1892 | 30 | #500 | 0.14 |
| 1891 | 26 | #511 | 0.14 |
| 1890 | 40 | #402 | 0.21 |
| 1889 | 28 | #472 | 0.16 |
| 1888 | 28 | #475 | 0.16 |
| 1887 | 26 | #439 | 0.18 |
| 1886 | 27 | #423 | 0.19 |
| 1885 | 19 | #494 | 0.14 |
| 1884 | 18 | #491 | 0.14 |
| 1883 | 20 | #428 | 0.18 |
| 1882 | 16 | #470 | 0.15 |
| 1881 | 23 | #345 | 0.25 |
| 1880 | 18 | #398 | 0.20 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Liza a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Liza has been given almost only to girls: 14 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Liza: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Liza, and how old are they?
15,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 85% of the 17,655 Americans ever recorded as Liza. The median Liza alive today is 46 years old; half are between 31 and 55.
The 2020 Census counted 18,271 people named Liza (18,244 women and girls, 27 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 14,741 born in the U.S. The Census count is 24% above 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 | 131 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,610 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 5,920 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,870 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,970 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,580 |
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 Liza born?
The states with the most babies named Liza are New York, California and Texas, with 53% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 2,211 | #1,381 | 1.7× |
| California | 2,072 | #2,958 | 1.1× |
| Texas | 1,973 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 669 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 527 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| New Jersey | 460 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Florida | 457 | #2,049 | 0.7× |
| Massachusetts | 404 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 387 | #1,093 | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 277 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Liza is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Liza is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 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 Liza with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 19,506 babies since 1880, Liza is the most given (91% of them). In 2025 it was given to 126 of their 196 babies (64%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Liza
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
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 Liza and names like it
- Compare Liza and LizzyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sLiza peaked in 1973.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Liza since 1910.
- The top names of 1973The year the most babies were named Liza.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Liza alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with LMost given first.