How Many People Are Named Liesl?
people named Liesl are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 181,897 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,949 babies named Liesl in Social Security records from 1965 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
100 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German short form of ELISABETH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Liesl in English. Counting Liesl and these spellings together, about 3,094 people alive in the US have the name.
โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Liesl in the records were girls.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Liesl alive today is about 31 years old, and 52% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 13 and 51 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Liesl first appears in the records in 1965 and was given most often in 1966, to 100 babies. In 2025, 33 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1965 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Liesl has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,046, in 1966. In 2025 it ranked #4,309.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,309 |
| Best rank | #1,046 (1966) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,728 in the 2010s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Liesl alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Liesl were born in California than in any other state: about 78 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Liesl was given about 2.7 times as often in California.
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