Recorded 1973–2018 Girls' name Peak 1999 1,173 births

Lizett — girls' name

1,173 babies named Lizett in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s591980s2991990s3842000s3492010s82
1990s
Peak decade

33% of everyone ever named Lizett was born in this single decade.

1999
Single peak year

66 babies were named Lizett in 1999 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lizett

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,173 babies named Lizett between 1973 and 2018, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lizett currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 66 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lizett performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 384 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Lizett shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 540 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Lizett in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lizett 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 1,173 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.

Lizett at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

1,173

Since 1973

46 years of records

Peak year

1999

66 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1973

Recorded for 46 years

Last year on file: 2018

Lizett popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1973

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1999)
66
Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
020406080 201820112005199919931987198119741973 6

Lizett by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
384 births that decade — 33% of Lizett's all-time total
1970s591980s2991990s3842000s3492010s82

Lizett by state

Where Lizett concentrates geographically — total births since 1973

Regionally concentrated
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Lizett
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
540 46.0%
#2 Texas
221 18.8%
#3 Illinois
6 0.5%
#4 Washington
5 0.4%
California share of Lizett's total US births 46.0%
Even split

540 of 1,173 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lizett?
1,173 babies have been named Lizett since 1973. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1999 with 66 births.
When was Lizett most popular?
Lizett was most popular in the 1990s decade with 384 total births. The single peak year was 1999.
Where is Lizett most popular?
The top states for the name Lizett are California (540 births), Texas (221 births), Illinois (6 births).
How long has the name Lizett been used?
Lizett has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 46 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Lizett?
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, 1973–2018 (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.