NameTides

Liza

Liza was the #1,643 girls' name in the US in 2025 (126 babies), and #2,278 in England & Wales and #1,768 in Canada.

Liza as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Liza as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Liza as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,643 (126)#2,278 (12)——#1,768 (13)
2024#1,796 (112)#1,895 (15)——#1,617 (14)
2023#1,645 (126)#1,959 (14)——#2,900 (6)
2022#1,742 (119)#1,849 (15)——#1,854 (11)
2021#1,524 (138)#1,692 (17)——#1,681 (13)
2020#1,728 (116)#2,042 (13)——#2,163 (9)
2019#1,608 (132)#1,634 (18)#765 (3)—#3,266 (5)
2018#1,663 (126)#1,711 (17)——#1,996 (10)
2017#1,779 (117)#1,411 (23)—#873 (3)#2,041 (10)
2016#1,799 (115)#1,689 (18)—#661 (5)#2,040 (10)
2015#1,685 (126)#1,783 (16)——#2,011 (10)
2014#1,714 (122)#1,120 (31)—#876 (3)#1,600 (14)
2013#1,792 (114)#2,176 (12)——#1,686 (13)
2012#1,859 (108)#1,720 (17)——#2,158 (9)
2011#1,953 (101)#1,295 (24)—#612 (6)#1,500 (15)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1973 at #392.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 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 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Liza is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Liza by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,767CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: 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: #888TNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,887FL
Liza (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LizaCanadaGirls#1,76813
LizaEngland & WalesGirls#2,27812
LizaIrelandGirls—too few
LizaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LizaScotlandGirls—too few
LizaUSGirls#1,643126
LizaUSBoys—too few