Recorded 1886–2025 · United States
Lisa was most popular in 1965, when 60,448 American babies were given the name — ranking #6 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,881, with 256 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 970,012 people named Lisa.
Lisa first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1886, which makes it about 139 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 122 of the 140 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 970,012 American births named Lisa between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 885,957 are estimated to be alive today.
256 American babies were named Lisa in 2025, ranking #1,881 that year.
Lisa is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 275 births a year, against 380 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -28% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Lisa is a girl’s name — 99.7% of the 970,012 Americans given it were girls and 0.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 885,957 Americans named Lisa are alive today — 91% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 58 years old, and half are between 51 and 63. That is a narrow band: Lisa arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
English · short form of Elizabeth
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org