Lizel — girls' name
13 babies named Lizel in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
62% of everyone ever named Lizel was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Lizel in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lizel
The Social Security Administration has registered 13 babies named Lizel between 1996 and 2000, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lizel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lizel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 8 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lizel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lizel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lizel 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 13 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.
Lizel at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lizel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1996
- Peak year (2000)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
13 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 8 births in a single year.
Lizel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 8 births that decade — 62% of Lizel's all-time total
Lizel decade highlights
- Peak decade 8 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Lizel's strongest decade
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
Lizel by state
Where Lizel concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 38.5% |
5 of 13 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 38.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 38.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1996–2000 (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.