Lisa was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #1 in 1962 but is far less common today.
Lisa is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #991 for girl births in the United States (and #1,885 across all names), given to 256 babies. Lisa was first reported in SSA data in 1886 and peaked in 1965 (60,271 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 256 | 256 | #991 | — |
| 2024 | 264 | 264 | #985 | — |
| 2023 | 317 | 317 | #848 | — |
| 2022 | 290 | 290 | #932 | — |
| 2021 | 248 | 248 | #1,026 | — |
| 2020 | 243 | 243 | #1,037 | — |
| 2019 | 277 | 277 | #955 | — |
| 2018 | 308 | 308 | #878 | — |
| 2017 | 309 | 309 | #882 | — |
| 2016 | 346 | 346 | #829 | — |
| 2015 | 374 | 374 | #755 | — |
| 2014 | 378 | 378 | #740 | — |
| 2013 | 354 | 354 | #771 | — |
| 2012 | 398 | 398 | #707 | — |
| 2011 | 396 | 396 | #704 | — |
| 2010 | 396 | 396 | #713 | — |
| 2009 | 420 | 420 | #693 | — |
| 2008 | 510 | 510 | #603 | — |
| 2007 | 525 | 525 | #573 | — |
| 2006 | 609 | 615 | #500 | — |
| 2005 | 619 | 619 | #494 | — |
| 2004 | 710 | 710 | #427 | — |
| 2003 | 811 | 811 | #372 | — |
| 2002 | 830 | 830 | #360 | — |
| 2001 | 908 | 914 | #337 | — |
| 2000 | 1,095 | 1,100 | #295 | #8,759 |
| 1999 | 1,113 | 1,127 | #282 | — |
| 1998 | 1,364 | 1,376 | #230 | — |
| 1997 | 1,546 | — | #194 | — |
| 1996 | 1,871 | — | #168 | #7,649 |
| 1995 | 2,236 | — | #144 | — |
| 1994 | 2,577 | — | #123 | #4,698 |
| 1993 | 3,230 | — | #100 | #7,297 |
| 1992 | 3,792 | — | #88 | #5,110 |
| 1991 | 4,409 | — | #83 | #4,146 |
| 1990 | 5,361 | — | #64 | #4,106 |
| 1989 | 6,603 | — | #55 | #2,273 |
| 1988 | 7,305 | — | #43 | #1,807 |
| 1987 | 7,575 | — | #40 | #2,248 |
| 1986 | 7,938 | — | #40 | #1,946 |
| 1985 | 9,045 | — | #36 | #1,821 |
| 1984 | 10,284 | — | #29 | #1,414 |
| 1983 | 11,521 | — | #27 | #1,287 |
| 1982 | 12,681 | — | #23 | #1,456 |
| 1981 | 14,359 | — | #18 | #1,140 |
| 1980 | 15,725 | — | #16 | #1,170 |
| 1979 | 17,354 | — | #13 | #1,083 |
| 1978 | 17,083 | — | #11 | #1,279 |
| 1977 | 17,067 | — | #12 | #1,217 |
| 1976 | 17,407 | — | #9 | #1,079 |
| 1975 | 18,208 | — | #8 | #989 |
| 1974 | 19,852 | — | #8 | #950 |
| 1973 | 22,743 | — | #5 | #998 |
| 1972 | 27,639 | — | #3 | #820 |
| 1971 | 33,037 | — | #3 | #725 |
| 1970 | 39,104 | — | #2 | #711 |
| 1969 | 45,177 | — | #1 | #647 |
| 1968 | 49,706 | — | #1 | #577 |
| 1967 | 52,557 | — | #1 | #681 |
| 1966 | 57,069 | — | #1 | #607 |
| 1965 | 60,448 | — | #1 | #576 |
| 1964 | 54,401 | — | #1 | #675 |
| 1963 | 56,167 | — | #1 | #716 |
| 1962 | 46,173 | — | #1 | #749 |
| 1961 | 42,802 | — | #2 | #850 |
| 1960 | 33,779 | — | #6 | #823 |
| 1959 | 25,758 | — | #10 | #1,009 |
| 1958 | 20,238 | — | #19 | #1,296 |
| 1957 | 15,171 | — | #26 | #1,472 |
| 1956 | 11,031 | — | #31 | #1,866 |
| 1955 | 8,559 | — | #48 | #1,763 |
| 1954 | 5,922 | — | #73 | #2,868 |
| 1953 | 3,611 | — | #111 | #2,827 |
| 1952 | 2,849 | — | #126 | #3,266 |
| 1951 | 1,698 | — | #177 | — |
| 1950 | 1,175 | — | #220 | — |
| 1949 | 596 | — | #318 | — |
| 1948 | 468 | — | #364 | — |
| 1947 | 423 | — | #388 | — |
| 1946 | 327 | — | #426 | — |
| 1945 | 250 | — | #451 | — |
| 1944 | 193 | — | #519 | — |
| 1943 | 162 | — | #592 | — |
| 1942 | 124 | — | #672 | — |
| 1941 | 92 | — | #743 | — |
| 1940 | 89 | — | #737 | — |
| 1939 | 77 | — | #780 | — |
| 1938 | 79 | — | #798 | — |
| 1937 | 53 | — | #958 | — |
| 1936 | 47 | — | #1,016 | — |
| 1935 | 31 | — | #1,323 | — |
| 1934 | 32 | — | #1,277 | — |
| 1933 | 21 | — | #1,693 | — |
| 1932 | 40 | — | #1,141 | — |
| 1931 | 28 | — | #1,412 | — |
| 1930 | 32 | — | #1,360 | — |
| 1929 | 22 | — | #1,740 | — |
| 1928 | 12 | — | #2,699 | — |
| 1927 | 14 | — | #2,490 | — |
| 1926 | 31 | — | #1,467 | — |
| 1925 | 13 | — | #2,707 | — |
| 1924 | 23 | — | #1,843 | — |
| 1923 | 15 | — | #2,415 | — |
| 1922 | 15 | — | #2,437 | — |
| 1921 | 17 | — | #2,248 | — |
| 1920 | 17 | — | #2,220 | — |
| 1919 | 14 | — | #2,448 | — |
| 1918 | 14 | — | #2,446 | — |
| 1917 | 13 | — | #2,493 | — |
| 1916 | 11 | — | #2,748 | — |
| 1915 | 14 | — | #2,197 | — |
| 1914 | 12 | — | #2,074 | — |
| 1913 | 16 | — | #1,500 | — |
| 1912 | 7 | — | #2,522 | — |
| 1911 | 9 | — | #1,729 | — |
| 1910 | 9 | — | #1,705 | — |
| 1907 | 7 | — | #1,734 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #2,100 | — |
| 1904 | 9 | — | #1,319 | — |
| 1899 | 7 | — | #1,336 | — |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,728 | — |
| 1886 | 6 | — | #1,048 | — |