Lisa
Rank in 2025
#987
recorded as girls
Down 3 since 2024
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recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
256
girls 256
Peak year
1965
60,271 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
970,012
since 1886
Born a Lisa? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Lisa was most popular in 1965, when 60,271 babies recorded as girls got the name (34.1 per 1,000). In 2025, 256 babies were named Lisa, ranking #987 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 256 | 987 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 264 | 984 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 317 | 847 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 290 | 930 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 248 | 1024 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 243 | 1031 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 277 | 954 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 308 | 877 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 309 | 882 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 346 | 829 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 374 | 754 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 378 | 740 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 354 | 770 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 398 | 706 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 396 | 702 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 396 | 712 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 420 | 693 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 510 | 603 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 525 | 571 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 609 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 619 | 493 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 710 | 427 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 811 | 372 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 830 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 908 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 1,088 | 294 | 7 | 8209 |
| 1999 | 1,113 | 282 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 1,364 | 230 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 1,546 | 194 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 1,864 | 168 | 7 | 7136 |
| 1995 | 2,236 | 144 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 2,564 | 123 | 13 | 4537 |
| 1993 | 3,223 | 100 | 7 | 6816 |
| 1992 | 3,781 | 88 | 11 | 4872 |
| 1991 | 4,395 | 83 | 14 | 4005 |
| 1990 | 5,347 | 64 | 14 | 3971 |
| 1989 | 6,573 | 55 | 30 | 2245 |
| 1988 | 7,267 | 43 | 38 | 1790 |
| 1987 | 7,549 | 40 | 26 | 2215 |
| 1986 | 7,907 | 40 | 31 | 1917 |
| 1985 | 9,012 | 36 | 33 | 1794 |
| 1984 | 10,238 | 29 | 46 | 1399 |
| 1983 | 11,469 | 27 | 52 | 1275 |
| 1982 | 12,637 | 23 | 44 | 1441 |
| 1981 | 14,294 | 18 | 65 | 1133 |
| 1980 | 15,664 | 16 | 61 | 1166 |
| 1979 | 17,286 | 13 | 68 | 1077 |
| 1978 | 17,033 | 11 | 50 | 1272 |
| 1977 | 17,014 | 12 | 53 | 1210 |
| 1976 | 17,346 | 9 | 61 | 1067 |
| 1975 | 18,139 | 8 | 69 | 984 |
| 1974 | 19,778 | 8 | 74 | 948 |
| 1973 | 22,677 | 5 | 66 | 992 |
| 1972 | 27,543 | 3 | 96 | 815 |
| 1971 | 32,907 | 3 | 130 | 723 |
| 1970 | 38,967 | 2 | 137 | 709 |
| 1969 | 45,028 | 1 | 149 | 647 |
| 1968 | 49,534 | 1 | 172 | 575 |
| 1967 | 52,437 | 1 | 120 | 680 |
| 1966 | 56,918 | 1 | 151 | 606 |
| 1965 | 60,271 | 1 | 177 | 575 |
| 1964 | 54,270 | 1 | 131 | 673 |
| 1963 | 56,047 | 1 | 120 | 713 |
| 1962 | 46,069 | 1 | 104 | 749 |
| 1961 | 42,720 | 2 | 82 | 846 |
| 1960 | 33,693 | 6 | 86 | 821 |
| 1959 | 25,699 | 10 | 59 | 1004 |
| 1958 | 20,202 | 19 | 36 | 1277 |
| 1957 | 15,142 | 26 | 29 | 1457 |
| 1956 | 11,012 | 31 | 19 | 1821 |
| 1955 | 8,539 | 48 | 20 | 1725 |
| 1954 | 5,913 | 73 | 9 | 2743 |
| 1953 | 3,602 | 111 | 9 | 2709 |
| 1952 | 2,842 | 126 | 7 | 3095 |
| 1951 | 1,698 | 177 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 1,175 | 220 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 596 | 318 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 468 | 364 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 423 | 388 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 327 | 426 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 250 | 451 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 193 | 519 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 162 | 592 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 124 | 672 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 92 | 741 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 89 | 734 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 77 | 775 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 79 | 792 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 53 | 950 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 47 | 1003 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 31 | 1307 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 32 | 1263 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 21 | 1658 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 40 | 1130 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 28 | 1394 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 32 | 1347 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 22 | 1704 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 12 | 2623 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 14 | 2433 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 31 | 1449 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 13 | 2617 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 23 | 1811 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 15 | 2366 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 15 | 2387 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 17 | 2195 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 17 | 2172 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 14 | 2384 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 14 | 2376 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 13 | 2428 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 11 | 2658 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 14 | 2143 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 12 | 2009 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 16 | 1465 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 7 | 2360 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 9 | 1656 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 9 | 1634 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 7 | 1639 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | 1931 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 9 | 1251 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 7 | 1278 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 5 | 1583 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1892 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1891 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1890 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1889 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1888 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1887 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 6 | 993 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years