Recorded 1974–2016 Girls' name Peak 2002 1,195 births

Lizbet — girls' name

1,195 babies named Lizbet in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s251980s601990s3442000s6952010s71
2000s
Peak decade

58% of everyone ever named Lizbet was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

167 babies were named Lizbet in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lizbet

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,195 babies named Lizbet between 1974 and 2016, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lizbet currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 167 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lizbet performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 695 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lizbet shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 411 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Lizbet in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lizbet 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 1,195 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.

Lizbet at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

1,195

Since 1974

43 years of records

Peak year

2002

167 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1974

Recorded for 43 years

Last year on file: 2016

Lizbet popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1974

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2002)
167
Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
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Lizbet by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
695 births that decade — 58% of Lizbet's all-time total
1970s251980s601990s3442000s6952010s71

Lizbet by state

Where Lizbet concentrates geographically — total births since 1974

Regionally concentrated
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Lizbet
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
411 34.4%
#2 Texas
127 10.6%
#3 Illinois
39 3.3%
#4 Florida
28 2.3%
#5 North Carolina
26 2.2%
#6 New York
21 1.8%
#7 Washington
14 1.2%
#8 Arizona
12 1.0%
California share of Lizbet's total US births 34.4%
Even split

411 of 1,195 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.

Lizbet appears in 11 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lizbet?
1,195 babies have been named Lizbet since 1974. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2002 with 167 births.
When was Lizbet most popular?
Lizbet was most popular in the 2000s decade with 695 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
Where is Lizbet most popular?
The top states for the name Lizbet are California (411 births), Texas (127 births), Illinois (39 births).
How long has the name Lizbet been used?
Lizbet has been recorded in Social Security data since 1974, spanning 43 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Lizbet?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lizzie, Lizbeth, Liza, Lizette, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1974–2016 (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.