Liz Girl
How popular is Liz?
#1,258 girl name in 2025
178 baby girls were named Liz in the US in 2025, making it the 1258th most popular girl name.
Liz popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,258 for girls (▲ 92 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 178 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+162% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,619 in 2015, #1,357 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1961 (664 girls) |
| Highest rank | #374 in 1961 |
| First recorded | 1930 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Liz counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Liz family of names ranked #1,029 for girls in 2025 (#1,101 the year before), with 194 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Liz | 178 | 92% |
| Lis | 11 | 6% |
| Lys | 5 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Liz is most popular
Babies named Liz per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 1.4 per 1,000 (165 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.5 per 1,000 (31 girls)
- Florida: 0.4 per 1,000 (171 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.3 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (38 girls)
Liz by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 47 | #2,125 |
| 1940s | 311 | #1,301 |
| 1950s | 1,761 | #380 |
| 1960s | 3,392 | #374 |
| 1970s | 657 | #1,140 |
| 1980s | 611 | #1,703 |
| 1990s | 703 | #1,746 |
| 2000s | 940 | #1,551 |
| 2010s | 786 | #1,833 |
| 2020s | 1,015 | #1,168 |
Girl names about as popular as Liz
Questions
- Is Liz a boy or girl name?
- Liz is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Liz were girls.
- How popular is the name Liz?
- 178 baby girls were named Liz in the US in 2025, making it the 1258th most popular girl name.
- When was Liz most popular?
- Liz peaked in 1961, when 664 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #374 in 1961.
- How many people are named Liz?
- 10,223 babies have been named Liz in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,336 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 57.
- Where is Liz most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Liz was most common in Massachusetts, at 1.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.