Lisa
#987 for girls in 2025, 256 births · Last seen for boys in 2000 at #8,209
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1965 · 60,271 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 40 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 967,229since 1886
Lisa over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #987 | 256 | — | |
| 2024 | #984 | 264 | — | |
| 2023 | #847 | 317 | — | |
| 2022 | #930 | 290 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,024 | 248 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,031 | 243 | — | |
| 2019 | #954 | 277 | — | |
| 2018 | #877 | 308 | — | |
| 2017 | #882 | 309 | — | |
| 2016 | #829 | 346 | — | |
| 2015 | #754 | 374 | — | |
| 2014 | #740 | 378 | — | |
| 2013 | #770 | 354 | — | |
| 2012 | #706 | 398 | — | |
| 2011 | #702 | 396 | — | |
| 2010 | #712 | 396 | — | |
| 2009 | #693 | 420 | — | |
| 2008 | #603 | 510 | — | |
| 2007 | #571 | 525 | — | |
| 2006 | #500 | 609 | — | |
| 2005 | #493 | 619 | — | |
| 2004 | #427 | 710 | — | |
| 2003 | #372 | 811 | — | |
| 2002 | #359 | 830 | — | |
| 2001 | #336 | 908 | — | |
| 2000 | #294 | 1,088 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #282 | 1,113 | — | |
| 1998 | #230 | 1,364 | — | |
| 1997 | #194 | 1,546 | — | |
| 1996 | #168 | 1,864 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #144 | 2,236 | — | |
| 1994 | #123 | 2,564 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #100 | 3,223 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #88 | 3,781 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #83 | 4,395 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #64 | 5,347 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #55 | 6,573 | #2,245 | 30 |
| 1988 | #43 | 7,267 | #1,790 | 38 |
| 1987 | #40 | 7,549 | #2,215 | 26 |
| 1986 | #40 | 7,907 | #1,917 | 31 |
| 1985 | #36 | 9,012 | #1,794 | 33 |
| 1984 | #29 | 10,238 | #1,399 | 46 |
| 1983 | #27 | 11,469 | #1,275 | 52 |
| 1982 | #23 | 12,637 | #1,441 | 44 |
| 1981 | #18 | 14,294 | #1,133 | 65 |
| 1980 | #16 | 15,664 | #1,166 | 61 |
| 1979 | #13 | 17,286 | #1,077 | 68 |
| 1978 | #11 | 17,033 | #1,272 | 50 |
| 1977 | #12 | 17,014 | #1,210 | 53 |
| 1976 | #9 | 17,346 | #1,067 | 61 |
| 1975 | #8 | 18,139 | #984 | 69 |
| 1974 | #8 | 19,778 | #948 | 74 |
| 1973 | #5 | 22,677 | #992 | 66 |
| 1972 | #3 | 27,543 | #815 | 96 |
| 1971 | #3 | 32,907 | #723 | 130 |
| 1970 | #2 | 38,967 | #709 | 137 |
| 1969 | #1 | 45,028 | #647 | 149 |
| 1968 | #1 | 49,534 | #575 | 172 |
| 1967 | #1 | 52,437 | #680 | 120 |
| 1966 | #1 | 56,918 | #606 | 151 |
| 1965 | #1 | 60,271 | #575 | 177 |
| 1964 | #1 | 54,270 | #673 | 131 |
| 1963 | #1 | 56,047 | #713 | 120 |
| 1962 | #1 | 46,069 | #749 | 104 |
| 1961 | #2 | 42,720 | #846 | 82 |
| 1960 | #6 | 33,693 | #821 | 86 |
| 1959 | #10 | 25,699 | #1,004 | 59 |
| 1958 | #19 | 20,202 | #1,277 | 36 |
| 1957 | #26 | 15,142 | #1,457 | 29 |
| 1956 | #31 | 11,012 | #1,821 | 19 |
| 1955 | #48 | 8,539 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #73 | 5,913 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #111 | 3,602 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #126 | 2,842 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #177 | 1,698 | — | |
| 1950 | #220 | 1,175 | — | |
| 1949 | #318 | 596 | — | |
| 1948 | #364 | 468 | — | |
| 1947 | #388 | 423 | — | |
| 1946 | #426 | 327 | — | |
| 1945 | #451 | 250 | — | |
| 1944 | #519 | 193 | — | |
| 1943 | #592 | 162 | — | |
| 1942 | #672 | 124 | — | |
| 1941 | #741 | 92 | — | |
| 1940 | #734 | 89 | — | |
| 1939 | #775 | 77 | — | |
| 1938 | #792 | 79 | — | |
| 1937 | #950 | 53 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,003 | 47 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,307 | 31 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,263 | 32 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,130 | 40 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,394 | 28 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,347 | 32 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,449 | 31 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,387 | 15 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,195 | 17 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Lisa! It came in at #993, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1898, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lisa is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#5 · 1 in 63
- New York#6 · 1 in 72
- Rhode Island#8 · 1 in 54
- Hawaii#8 · 1 in 78
- Massachusetts#9 · 1 in 61
Best ever in a state: #1 in Nevada, 1960.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #5 | 590 | 1 in 63 |
| New York | #6 | 1,381 | 1 in 72 |
| Hawaii | #8 | 61 | 1 in 78 |
| Rhode Island | #8 | 83 | 1 in 54 |
| Massachusetts | #9 | 502 | 1 in 61 |
| Pennsylvania | #9 | 1,000 | 1 in 68 |
| California | #10 | 1,750 | 1 in 93 |
| Connecticut | #10 | 225 | 1 in 65 |
| Kansas | #10 | 199 | 1 in 72 |
| Michigan | #10 | 929 | 1 in 64 |
| Delaware | #11 | 47 | 1 in 59 |
| District of Columbia | #11 | 76 | 1 in 73 |
| Iowa | #11 | 274 | 1 in 72 |
| Nebraska | #11 | 152 | 1 in 68 |
| Ohio | #11 | 980 | 1 in 74 |
| Washington | #11 | 334 | 1 in 76 |
| Maryland | #12 | 278 | 1 in 70 |
| Minnesota | #12 | 368 | 1 in 75 |
| North Dakota | #12 | 69 | 1 in 67 |
| South Dakota | #12 | 76 | 1 in 62 |
| Arizona | #13 | 210 | 1 in 85 |
| Florida | #13 | 568 | 1 in 83 |
| Idaho | #13 | 103 | 1 in 67 |
| Illinois | #13 | 930 | 1 in 80 |
| Oregon | #13 | 207 | 1 in 81 |
| Wisconsin | #13 | 492 | 1 in 62 |
| Colorado | #14 | 233 | 1 in 80 |
| Montana | #14 | 61 | 1 in 77 |
| Utah | #14 | 202 | 1 in 80 |
| Indiana | #16 | 416 | 1 in 87 |
| Missouri | #16 | 393 | 1 in 82 |
| Nevada | #16 | 50 | 1 in 74 |
| Texas | #16 | 1,050 | 1 in 106 |
| Alaska | #17 | 32 | 1 in 84 |
| Georgia | #17 | 323 | 1 in 104 |
| Maine | #17 | 78 | 1 in 78 |
| New Mexico | #17 | 93 | 1 in 93 |
| South Carolina | #17 | 157 | 1 in 110 |
| Tennessee | #17 | 303 | 1 in 94 |
| Virginia | #17 | 330 | 1 in 88 |
| Kentucky | #18 | 269 | 1 in 91 |
| Mississippi | #18 | 120 | 1 in 130 |
| West Virginia | #18 | 149 | 1 in 82 |
| Arkansas | #19 | 132 | 1 in 98 |
| North Carolina | #19 | 288 | 1 in 114 |
| Wyoming | #19 | 37 | 1 in 77 |
| Alabama | #20 | 189 | 1 in 121 |
| Oklahoma | #20 | 195 | 1 in 95 |
| New Hampshire | #21 | 52 | 1 in 93 |
| Vermont | #22 | 27 | 1 in 91 |
| Louisiana | #25 | 223 | 1 in 131 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lisa
- 3 spots since 2024 (#984 → #987)
- 44 spots since 2020 (#1,031 → #987)
- 233 spots since 2015 (#754 → #987)
- Biggest jump: 158 spots in 1938 (#950 → #792)
- Biggest drop: 137 spots in 2024 (#847 → #984)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1965 at #1 (60,271 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: 18 yrs · run 1959–1976
- Top 100: 40 yrs · run 1954–1993
- Top 1,000: 88 yrs · run 1937–2019
- Highest: 1 in 29 girls born in 1965 were named Lisa (3.4%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,278 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 51.4% of all girls named Lisa (496,987) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #993 (1886) | #993 |
| 1890s | 12 | #1,278 (1899) | #1,431 |
| 1900s | 21 | #1,251 (1904) | #1,607 |
| 1910s | 119 | #1,465 (1913) | #2,111 |
| 1920s | 179 | #1,449 (1926) | #2,176 |
| 1930s | 440 | #775 (1939) | #1,162 |
| 1940s | 2,724 | #318 (1949) | #521 |
| 1950s | 95,824 | #10 (1959) | #84 |
| 1960s | 496,987 | #1 (1965) | #2 |
| 1970s | 228,690 | #2 (1970) | #7 |
| 1980s | 102,610 | #16 (1980) | #33 |
| 1990s | 27,433 | #64 (1990) | #148 |
| 2000s | 7,030 | #294 (2000) | #465 |
| 2010s | 3,536 | #702 (2011) | #793 |
| 2020s | 1,618 | #847 (2023) | #967 |
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.
Lisa in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 93 of them was named Lisa, which outranked 99.9% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 25,317 of them was named Lisa, which outranked 84.8% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,070Lamarr69
- #1,070Simeon69
- #1,070Westley69
- #1,077Lisa68
- #1,077Emory68
- #1,077Ezequiel68
- #1,077Hakim68
- #1,089Britton67
- #1,089Christos67
- #1,089Griffin67
Tied with 11 names at #1,077; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.