Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lisa

#16 most common girls' name of all time · #47 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1886–2025

Rank among girls
#16
Rank overall
#47 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
122 of 146
All-time
970,012
Since 2016
2,858
Peak year
1965 #1
Best rank
#1 1962
🏆 The #1 girls' name in America — 8 separate years 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962
Girls Boys peak 60,448/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Lisa first appears in 1886. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 256 — 256 #987
2024 264 — 264 #984
2023 317 — 317 #847
2022 290 — 290 #931
2021 248 — 248 #1,025
2020 243 — 243 #1,032
2019 277 — 277 #954
2018 308 — 308 #877
2017 309 — 309 #882
2016 346 — 346 #829
2015 374 — 374 #755
2014 378 — 378 #740
2013 354 — 354 #770
2012 398 — 398 #708
2011 396 — 396 #703
2010 396 — 396 #713
2009 420 — 420 #693
2008 510 — 510 #603
2007 525 — 525 #574
2006 609 — 609 #500
2005 619 — 619 #493
2004 710 — 710 #427
2003 811 — 811 #372
2002 830 — 830 #360
2001 908 — 908 #336
2000 1,088 7 1,095 #295
1999 1,113 — 1,113 #282
1998 1,364 — 1,364 #230
1997 1,546 — 1,546 #194
1996 1,864 7 1,871 #168
1995 2,236 — 2,236 #144
1994 2,564 13 2,577 #123
1993 3,223 7 3,230 #100
1992 3,781 11 3,792 #88
1991 4,395 14 4,409 #83
1990 5,347 14 5,361 #64
1989 6,573 30 6,603 #55
1988 7,267 38 7,305 #43
1987 7,549 26 7,575 #40
1986 7,907 31 7,938 #40
1985 9,012 33 9,045 #36
1984 10,238 46 10,284 #29
1983 11,469 52 11,521 #27
1982 12,637 44 12,681 #23
1981 14,294 65 14,359 #18
1980 15,664 61 15,725 #16
1979 17,286 68 17,354 #13
1978 17,033 50 17,083 #11
1977 17,014 53 17,067 #12
1976 17,346 61 17,407 #9
1975 18,139 69 18,208 #8
1974 19,778 74 19,852 #8
1973 22,677 66 22,743 #5
1972 27,543 96 27,639 #3
1971 32,907 130 33,037 #3
1970 38,967 137 39,104 #2
1969 45,028 149 45,177 #1
1968 49,534 172 49,706 #1
1967 52,437 120 52,557 #1
1966 56,918 151 57,069 #1
1965 60,271 177 60,448 #1
1964 54,270 131 54,401 #1
1963 56,047 120 56,167 #1
1962 46,069 104 46,173 #1
1961 42,720 82 42,802 #2
1960 33,693 86 33,779 #6
1959 25,699 59 25,758 #10
1958 20,202 36 20,238 #19
1957 15,142 29 15,171 #26
1956 11,012 19 11,031 #31
1955 8,539 20 8,559 #48
1954 5,913 9 5,922 #73
1953 3,602 9 3,611 #111
1952 2,842 7 2,849 #126
1951 1,698 — 1,698 #177
1950 1,175 — 1,175 #220
1949 596 — 596 #318
1948 468 — 468 #364
1947 423 — 423 #388
1946 327 — 327 #427
1945 250 — 250 #451
1944 193 — 193 #522
1943 162 — 162 #592
1942 124 — 124 #672
1941 92 — 92 #742
1940 89 — 89 #737
1939 77 — 77 #782
1938 79 — 79 #795
1937 53 — 53 #957
1936 47 — 47 #1,013
1935 31 — 31 #1,315
1934 32 — 32 #1,278
1933 21 — 21 #1,692
1932 40 — 40 #1,134
1931 28 — 28 #1,405
1930 32 — 32 #1,355
1929 22 — 22 #1,725
1928 12 — 12 #2,665
1927 14 — 14 #2,476
1926 31 — 31 #1,465
1925 13 — 13 #2,668
1924 23 — 23 #1,838
1923 15 — 15 #2,392
1922 15 — 15 #2,414
1921 17 — 17 #2,217
1920 17 — 17 #2,200
1919 14 — 14 #2,418
1918 14 — 14 #2,417
1917 13 — 13 #2,467
1916 11 — 11 #2,703
1915 14 — 14 #2,181
1914 12 — 12 #2,050
1913 16 — 16 #1,494
1912 7 — 7 #2,431
1911 9 — 9 #1,708
1910 9 — 9 #1,695
1907 7 — 7 #1,713
1905 5 — 5 #2,009
1904 9 — 9 #1,315
1899 7 — 7 #1,349
1896 5 — 5 #1,668
1886 6 — 6 #1,093