Lis
- #8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · girls
- 1961 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 360since 1953
Lis over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lis has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | — | |
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| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
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| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
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| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
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| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
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| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
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| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 |
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| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
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| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
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First appearance
1953
The first year at least five girls were named Lis! It came in at #5,040, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1954–1956, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lis is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Lis in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 6,433 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #8,860)
- 891 spots since 2020 (#7,969 → #8,860)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 1961 at #3,608 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 124,350
- Highest: 1 in 124,350 girls born in 2020 were named Lis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,608 in 1961, was only 1 in 155,269 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 23.1% of all girls named Lis (83) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 29 | #4,031 (1959) | #4,835 |
| 1960s | 83 | #3,608 (1961) | #4,667 |
| 1970s | 53 | #5,543 (1971) | #7,349 |
| 1980s | 45 | #6,788 (1987) | #7,957 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,317 (1992) | #13,317 |
| 2000s | 44 | #9,007 (2007) | #13,824 |
| 2010s | 48 | #8,776 (2017) | #12,594 |
| 2020s | 53 | #7,969 (2020) | #10,979 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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