Lizet — girls' name
2,522 babies named Lizet in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Lizet was born in this single decade.
165 babies were named Lizet in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lizet
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,522 babies named Lizet between 1966 and 2023, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lizet currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 165 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lizet performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 861 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lizet shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,101 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Lizet in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lizet 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 2,522 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.
Lizet at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lizet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1966
- Peak year (1999)
- 165
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
2,522 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 165 births in a single year.
Lizet by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 861 births that decade — 34% of Lizet's all-time total
Lizet decade highlights
- Peak decade 861 births
- Runner-up 805 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Lizet's strongest decade
861 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Lizet by state
Where Lizet concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,101 | 43.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 421 | 16.7% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 107 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 41 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 25 | 1.0% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 16 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 11 | 0.4% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 11 | 0.4% |
1,101 of 2,522 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 43.7% of nationwide
- Texas 16.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.2% of nationwide
- Arizona 1.6% of nationwide
- Florida 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 43.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Lizet appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1966–2023 (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.