Liz
#1,258 for girls in 2025, 178 births
- Peak · girls
- 1961 · 664 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,223since 1930
Liz over time
Rank among girls' names. Liz has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | #1,258 | 178 |
| 2024 | #1,350 | 169 |
| 2023 | #1,168 | 206 |
| 2022 | #1,239 | 194 |
| 2021 | #1,861 | 107 |
| 2020 | #1,357 | 161 |
| 2019 | #1,833 | 111 |
| 2018 | #2,302 | 79 |
| 2017 | #2,464 | 73 |
| 2016 | #2,269 | 84 |
| 2015 | #2,619 | 68 |
| 2014 | #2,714 | 64 |
| 2013 | #2,484 | 72 |
| 2012 | #2,160 | 87 |
| 2011 | #2,326 | 80 |
| 2010 | #2,642 | 68 |
| 2009 | #2,446 | 78 |
| 2008 | #1,808 | 120 |
| 2007 | #1,551 | 147 |
| 2006 | #1,664 | 127 |
| 2005 | #1,983 | 96 |
| 2004 | #2,100 | 86 |
| 2003 | #2,368 | 70 |
| 2002 | #2,081 | 82 |
| 2001 | #2,487 | 62 |
| 2000 | #2,190 | 72 |
| 1999 | #2,307 | 64 |
| 1998 | #2,124 | 68 |
| 1997 | #1,828 | 81 |
| 1996 | #2,398 | 54 |
| 1995 | #2,155 | 62 |
| 1994 | #1,905 | 74 |
| 1993 | #1,985 | 70 |
| 1992 | #1,761 | 83 |
| 1991 | #1,752 | 82 |
| 1990 | #2,053 | 65 |
| 1989 | #1,834 | 72 |
| 1988 | #1,952 | 62 |
| 1987 | #1,991 | 56 |
| 1986 | #1,932 | 57 |
| 1985 | #1,928 | 57 |
| 1984 | #1,703 | 64 |
| 1983 | #1,817 | 58 |
| 1982 | #1,786 | 61 |
| 1981 | #1,767 | 63 |
| 1980 | #1,785 | 61 |
| 1979 | #1,917 | 54 |
| 1978 | #1,987 | 48 |
| 1977 | #2,307 | 39 |
| 1976 | #1,794 | 52 |
| 1975 | #1,877 | 48 |
| 1974 | #1,553 | 62 |
| 1973 | #1,286 | 80 |
| 1972 | #1,289 | 79 |
| 1971 | #1,211 | 93 |
| 1970 | #1,140 | 102 |
| 1969 | #975 | 121 |
| 1968 | #951 | 118 |
| 1967 | #886 | 133 |
| 1966 | #713 | 189 |
| 1965 | #637 | 237 |
| 1964 | #527 | 348 |
| 1963 | #471 | 421 |
| 1962 | #424 | 523 |
| 1961 | #374 | 664 |
| 1960 | #377 | 638 |
| 1959 | #380 | 621 |
| 1958 | #397 | 538 |
| 1957 | #580 | 276 |
| 1956 | #929 | 118 |
| 1955 | #1,157 | 74 |
| 1954 | #1,949 | 29 |
| 1953 | #1,931 | 28 |
| 1952 | #2,023 | 25 |
| 1951 | #1,772 | 30 |
| 1950 | #2,053 | 22 |
| 1949 | #1,564 | 35 |
| 1948 | #1,461 | 40 |
| 1947 | #1,302 | 49 |
| 1946 | #1,318 | 43 |
| 1945 | #1,543 | 28 |
| 1944 | #1,808 | 22 |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 |
| 1942 | #1,387 | 34 |
| 1941 | #1,569 | 25 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 |
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| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 |
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| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 |
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| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Liz! It came in at #4,047, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1931, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Liz is popular in 1960
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Colorado#205 · 1 in 977
- Arizona#223 · 1 in 946
- Oregon#223 · 1 in 1,078
- Idaho#226 · 1 in 1,071
- New Mexico#238 · 1 in 1,030
Best ever in a state: #133 in Massachusetts, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | #205 | 20 | 1 in 977 |
| Arizona | #223 | 16 | 1 in 946 |
| Oregon | #223 | 15 | 1 in 1,078 |
| Idaho | #226 | 6 | 1 in 1,071 |
| New Mexico | #238 | 12 | 1 in 1,030 |
| Minnesota | #255 | 20 | 1 in 1,937 |
| California | #267 | 114 | 1 in 1,514 |
| Wisconsin | #297 | 16 | 1 in 2,808 |
| Arkansas | #305 | 9 | 1 in 1,977 |
| Connecticut | #311 | 9 | 1 in 2,735 |
| Washington | #317 | 14 | 1 in 2,020 |
| Utah | #321 | 6 | 1 in 1,778 |
| Iowa | #323 | 10 | 1 in 2,814 |
| New Jersey | #327 | 20 | 1 in 2,890 |
| Texas | #343 | 51 | 1 in 2,223 |
| Michigan | #372 | 25 | 1 in 3,532 |
| Kansas | #375 | 7 | 1 in 3,002 |
| Illinois | #376 | 32 | 1 in 3,363 |
| Missouri | #376 | 13 | 1 in 3,443 |
| New York | #381 | 51 | 1 in 3,288 |
| Mississippi | #383 | 9 | 1 in 2,817 |
| Massachusetts | #385 | 10 | 1 in 5,271 |
| Pennsylvania | #385 | 29 | 1 in 3,851 |
| Louisiana | #403 | 14 | 1 in 2,773 |
| Florida | #408 | 15 | 1 in 3,351 |
| Indiana | #425 | 12 | 1 in 4,198 |
| Virginia | #459 | 8 | 1 in 4,975 |
| Ohio | #478 | 18 | 1 in 5,844 |
| Oklahoma | #479 | 5 | 1 in 4,194 |
| Tennessee | #594 | 5 | 1 in 7,281 |
| Alabama | #622 | 5 | 1 in 6,941 |
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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 Liz
- 92 spots since 2024 (#1,350 → #1,258)
- 99 spots since 2020 (#1,357 → #1,258)
- 1,361 spots since 2015 (#2,619 → #1,258)
- Biggest jump: 349 spots in 1957 (#929 → #580)
- Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1967 (#713 → #886)
- Debuted 1930
- Peaked 1961 at #374 (664 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 1956–1969
- Highest: 1 in 3,040 girls born in 1961 were named Liz (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,030 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 33.2% of all girls named Liz (3,392) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 47 | #2,125 (1939) | #3,445 |
| 1940s | 311 | #1,302 (1947) | #1,608 |
| 1950s | 1,761 | #380 (1959) | #1,317 |
| 1960s | 3,392 | #374 (1961) | #634 |
| 1970s | 657 | #1,140 (1970) | #1,636 |
| 1980s | 611 | #1,703 (1984) | #1,850 |
| 1990s | 703 | #1,752 (1991) | #2,027 |
| 2000s | 940 | #1,551 (2007) | #2,068 |
| 2010s | 786 | #1,833 (2019) | #2,381 |
| 2020s | 1,015 | #1,168 (2023) | #1,372 |
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.
Liz in 1960
Top girls' names in 1960
More about 1960
girls
2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 3,169 of them was named Liz, which outranked 94.9% of the 7,332 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.