Lizette — #3814 US girls' name
12,093 babies named Lizette in U.S. Social Security records since 1889, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 78% of names given to girls today.
27% of everyone ever named Lizette was born in this single decade.
506 babies were named Lizette in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lizette
The Social Security Administration has registered 12,093 babies named Lizette between 1889 and 2024, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lizette currently holds the #3814 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 506 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lizette performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 3,319 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Lizette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,639 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Lizette in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lizette 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 12,093 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.
Lizette at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Lizette popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1889
- Peak year (1999)
- 506
- Annual births at peak — across 136 years of records
Currently ranks #3814 among girls.
12,093 total births across 136 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 506 births in a single year.
Lizette popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1986 (Lizette as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Lizette accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Lizette by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 3,319 births that decade — 27% of Lizette's all-time total
Lizette decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,319 births
- Runner-up 2,679 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Lizette's strongest decade
3,319 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Lizette by state
Where Lizette concentrates geographically — total births since 1889
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,639 | 38.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,236 | 18.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,436 | 11.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 714 | 5.9% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 361 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Florida | | 304 | 2.5% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 212 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Nevada | | 79 | 0.7% |
4,639 of 12,093 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 38.4% of nationwide
- Texas 18.5% of nationwide
- New York 11.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.9% of nationwide
- Arizona 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 38.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Lizette appears in 22 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, 1889–2024 (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.