Liz
Liz is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 169 births. Its best rank was 375th, in 1961.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1690.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1961664 births
- Best rank
- #375in 1961
- Since 1930
- 10,045people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,045 girls have been named Liz in the United States since 1930, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 664 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1966, and the 1960s alone account for 34%. It has spent 14 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Liz | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 47 | |
| 1940s | 311 | |
| 1950s | 1,761 | |
| 1960s | 3,392 | |
| 1970s | 657 | |
| 1980s | 611 | |
| 1990s | 703 | |
| 2000s | 940 | |
| 2010s | 786 | |
| 2020s | 837 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Liz was the 375th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Liz
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gigipeak 1962
- Janipeak 1960
- Suzypeak 1962
- Suziepeak 1962
- Cindypeak 1957
- Cyndipeak 1959
- Cyndypeak 1958
- Marybethpeak 1961
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.