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Lisa

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~891,300 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#987 among girls
Births in 2025
256 970,012 since 1880
Typical age
58 years, median

Lisa popularity over time

Lisa rank by birth year, 1886–2025Lisa ranked #993 in 1886 and #987 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1, in 1962.#1#10#100#1,000#987best #1 in 196218901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1886–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Lisa was used most in 1965, when 60,448 babies were given the name. 1886 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. Across the record, 40 years put Lisa in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #987, on 256 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 32%.

Babies named Lisa per yearPeaks at 60,448 births in 1965.60,448 in 1965018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Lisa?

Roughly 891,300 Lisas are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 970,012 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Lisa?

Median age among living Lisas: 58. More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Lisa a late 20th-century name.

Your Lisa

Ages of living people named LisaHalf of living Lisas are older than 58 and half younger.median 58020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Lisa is most common

Lisa is 2.2× as common in Indiana as it is nationally. California, Wisconsin and New York follow.

Where Lisa is used more than average4 states use the name Lisa more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: 1.5× the national rateWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.5× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: 2.2× the national rateINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.6× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Lisa is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Indiana 114 2.2×
California 489 1.6×
Wisconsin 59 1.5×
New York 220 1.5×

Lisa in England and Wales

ONS recorded 57 births named Lisa in 2025, ranking it #661. That is 39% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Lisa comes from

Diminutive of Elisabeth in several European languages. The computer is named after Lisa Brennan-Jobs, officially explained as an acronym for “Locally Integrated Software Architecture”.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Lisa

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Lisa Gerrard Australian musician, singer and composer 1961 84
Lisa Kudrow American actress 1963 80
Lisa del Giocondo subject of the Mona Lisa 1479–1542 56
Lisa Edelstein American actress 1966 51
Lisa Ann American pornographic actress 1972 48
Lisa Murkowski United States Senator from Alaska since 2002 1957 45
Lisa Bonet American actress 1967 41
Lisa Randall American theoretical physicist 1962 41
Photo credits (5)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 596 in 1949 to 1,175 in 1950 — 2.0 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Lisa

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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