How Many People Are Named Liza?
people named Liza are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 22,574 people in the US has this name
Based on 17,655 babies named Liza in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
518 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of ELIZABETH or YELIZAVETA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Liza (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Liza alive today is about 41 years old, and 62% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 30 and 54 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Liza first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1973, to 518 babies. In 2025, 126 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Liza has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #345, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #1,648.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,648 |
| Best rank | #345 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #464 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Liza alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Liza were born in New York than in any other state: about 2,067 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Liza was given 3 times as often in Vermont, 2.4 times in New York and 2.1 times in Texas.
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