NameTides

Lisa

Lisa was the #987 girls' name in the US in 2025 (256 babies), and #661 in England & Wales and #626 in Canada.

Lisa as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Lisa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaEngland & WalesScotlandUS
Lisa as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#987 (256)#661 (57)#632 (4)—#443 (8)#626 (48)—
2024#984 (264)#795 (47)#790 (3)—#320 (12)#613 (48)—
2023#847 (317)#734 (49)——#316 (12)#595 (48)—
2022#930 (290)#910 (38)——#389 (10)#499 (58)—
2021#1,024 (248)#755 (49)——#390 (10)#433 (71)—
2020#1,031 (243)#872 (41)——#355 (11)#475 (63)—
2019#954 (277)#881 (41)—#336 (4)#551 (6)#503 (64)—
2018#877 (308)#1,083 (32)#680 (4)—#361 (12)#610 (49)—
2017#882 (309)#764 (52)#666 (4)—#341 (12)#444 (74)—
2016#829 (346)#735 (54)#675 (4)—#390 (11)#441 (77)—
2015#754 (374)#745 (52)#653 (4)—#316 (15)#430 (77)—
2014#740 (378)#668 (59)#395 (9)—#304 (16)#391 (86)—
2013#770 (354)#712 (56)#449 (7)#370 (4)#254 (20)#438 (73)—
2012#706 (398)#624 (67)#426 (8)—#199 (28)#405 (78)—
2011#702 (396)#541 (77)#515 (6)#363 (4)#150 (40)#314 (106)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1965 at #1.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1886.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lisa is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,600 to 1 in 7,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lisa by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #564WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #548NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #651INOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: #1,108PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #716CAUtah: #539UTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,057NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,154TXFlorida: #959FL
Lisa (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#41112
Ontario2024#67518

Lisa (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LisaCanadaGirls#62648
LisaEngland & WalesGirls#66157
LisaIrelandGirls#4438
LisaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LisaNSWGirls—too few
LisaScotlandGirls#6324
LisaUSGirls#987256
LisaUSBoys—too few