Liza
Feminine · “my God is an oath”
Liza is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 17,641 girls against 14 boys since 1880.
Liza is Elizabeth with the front removed, and the Hebrew behind it is a sentence — my God is an oath — carried by the mother of John the Baptist.
How old is the name Liza?
Liza was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Liza alive today was born around 1978, making them about 47 years old. About 15,500 people named Liza are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Liza most popular?
Liza peaked in 1881, reaching #338 nationally. Today it ranks #1643, 1,305 places below that high. See the whole 1881 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Elisheva to Liza
The story of Liza
Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist in Luke, and the name became one of the most-used in Europe, with more short forms than almost any other — Bess, Beth, Betty, Eliza, Lisbeth, Libby, Lisa, Liza. Russian uses Liza as the standard short form. American use peaked around 1972, at the height of the whole Lisa family.
Meaning
my God is an oath
Through Elizabeth, from the Hebrew Elisheva — el, 'God', and sheva, 'oath' or possibly 'seven', the number carrying an oath-taking sense in Hebrew idiom. The name is a complete statement. Liza is one of dozens of short forms English and Russian have made from it.
How the name formed
- Elisheva
- Elizabeth
- Eliza
- Liza
Related forms: Лиза · Lisa · Liza
Pronouncing Liza
LY-zuh
Two syllables, stress on the first. Russian says LEE-za with a different first vowel.
Nicknames for Liza
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 1975435 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #338reached in 1881
- Change vs 2022
- +5.9%126 in 2025, from 119
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Liza in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Лиза in Russian — transliteration
- Lisa in English — related form
- Liza in Hungarian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, New York.
Lizas among us
people named Liza are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 12,756 born in 2025 was named Liza
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Liza
- #1643
- Liza on the 2025 chart
- #577
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Liza went to 126 girls in 2025, but Lisa, Lyza and Lizah are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 417, which makes it the 577th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,066 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 3,854 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 12,756 for Liza itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Liza sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Liza is headed
Liza should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Liza beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Liza in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Elizabeth stands behind it with three thousand years of documented use.
- It is the standard short form in Russian, which gives it real international reach.
- Four letters, two syllables, and never misheard.
- The first vowel differs between the English and Russian readings.
- Lisa is much the commoner spelling in America and is said differently.
- It is closely dated to the 1970s in American records.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lizas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 15,500 people named Liza are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Liza?
- Liza is one of 4 recorded spellings. Lisa is the more common one — 256 births in 2025 against 126 for Liza.
- How popular is the name Liza in 2025?
- Liza ranks #1643 among US girl names in 2025, with 126 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Liza?
- About 1 in every 12,756 US girls born in 2025 was named Liza — 126 in all.
- Will my child share the name Liza with classmates?
- Liza will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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