Girls' name · peaked in 1973

Liza name popularity since 1925

16,423 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Liza. Half of them were born in 1979 or earlier, so the typical Liza is about 47 years old in 2026. Liza peaked in 1973 as the #392 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 16,423; Named Liza, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1973; #392 for girls that year
Typical age: About 47; Median birth year 1979
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #1,648 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 99.9% girls; 16,409 girls · 14 boys
Most popular in: New York; 2.46× its national share

Peak year is the year Liza made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Liza births per year, 1925–2025

1973 was the biggest year for Liza both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1960 and 1965, Liza became 3× more common, from 1 in 15,000 baby girls to 1 in 5,070.
Steepest fall: Between 1980 and 1985, its share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 3,610 to 1 in 7,110.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Liza's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Liza.

Decade by decade

Babies named Liza in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	140	0	–
1930s	229	0	#1,529
1940s	299	0	#1,393
1950s	763	0	#1,259
1960s	2,694	0	#509
1970s	4,263	9	#450
1980s	3,082	5	#714
1990s	1,803	0	#1,058
2000s	1,245	0	#1,711
2010s	1,154	0	#1,691
2020–25	737	0	#1,648

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

38.8% of babies named Liza from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:

Where Liza is most popular

The index compares Liza's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Liza.

State	Index	Babies
New York	2.46×	2,211
Texas	2.12×	1,973
California	1.65×	2,072
Massachusetts	1.43×	404
New Jersey	1.41×	460

Other spellings

Spellings that sound like Liza and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.

Spelling	Girls	Peak year
Liza (this page)	16,409	1973
Lisa	966,984	1965

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Liza's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Liza.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Liza (1973).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data