Girls' name · since 1971
Lizeth
Lizeth has 9,168 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,772 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,182 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,168
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
9,168 babies have been named Lizeth since 1971, making it today's #2182 girls' name.
Lizeth has 9,168 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2182 as of the latest data, more common than 87% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #1,772 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,182 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 9,168 born since 1971
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lizeth ranks #1,772 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,182 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 9,168 born since 1971, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,772 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,182 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,168
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lizeth's 9,168 recorded births place it above 97.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Lizeth compares
9,168 Top 10% higher than 90% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lizeth's all-time total is 24x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lizeth | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 9,168 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 435 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lizeth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lizeth's full recorded timeline at 1998, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 435 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lizeth popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 435
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Lizeth popularity over time - boys
9 total births recorded since 1990 (Lizeth as boys' name)
Lizeth by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (3,570 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Lizeth's strongest decade.
3,570 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Lizeth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 208
1970s
208 births
- 1980s 842
1980s
842 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,134 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,570 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,733 births
- 2020s 681
2020s
681 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 3,570 births (39% of all-time use).
How Lizeth compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Lizeth's total volume
Lizeth by state
Where Lizeth concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,643 | 39.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,953 | 21.3% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 384 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 369 | 4.0% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 192 | 2.1% |
| #6 | New York | | 187 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 168 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Florida | | 150 | 1.6% |
3,643 of 9,168 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Lizeth appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lizeth's data
- Lizeth's decade-level peak was the 2000s (3,570 total births); usage has since declined to 681 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Lizeths (3,643 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lizeth: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~54 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lizeth draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.