Liza

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Liza: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Liza: Recorded since 1965, it reached #220 in 1974, and it stood at #1,894 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
88times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#220highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1364
1997	#1802
1998	#1319
1999	#2189
2000	#3247
2001	#2226
2002	#1245
2003	#1722
2004	#1459
2005	#1295
2006	#1983
2007	#1073
2008	#1815
2009	#1752
2010	#1218
2011	#1295
2012	#1720
2013	#2176
2014	#1120
2015	#1783
2016	#1689
2017	#1411
2018	#1711
2019	#1634
2020	#2042
2021	#1692
2022	#1849
2023	#1959
2024	#1894

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 30 of the 56 years from 1968 to 2023.

In 2023: #519 among girls in Norway, #1959 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1965–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #325 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1965–2017
Highest recorded position: #220 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1974 (recorded 1965–2017).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1894 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Liza appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, with 30 ranked years and 159 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1965.

Liza across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Liza's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#554 (1968)	#446 (1986)	#519 (2023)	30 of 56	159 (1968–2023)	9 (1986)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#325 (1965)	#220 (1974)	#873 (2017)	29 of 53	230 (1965–2017)	21 (1974)
England and Wales · Girls	#1364 (1996)	#1073 (2007)	#1894 (2024)	29 of 29	457 (1996–2024)	31 (2014)

Liza by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Liza in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	4	1 of 10	4
1970s	32	6 of 10	5
1980sbusiest	42	7 of 10	6
1990s	41	8 of 10	5
2000s	16	3 of 10	5
2010s	20	4 of 10	5
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Liza appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #220 in Republic of Ireland in 1974.

Liza's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1894	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1849	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1634	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1411	23	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1689	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1783	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1120	31	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1295	24	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1218	26	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1815	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1073	27	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1983	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1295	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1459	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1364	13	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#519	4	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#491	5	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#493	6	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#566	4	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#545	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#525	6	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#557	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#571	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#625	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#619	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#616	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#589	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#580	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#510	7	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#516	7	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#617	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#581	6	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#446	9	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#616	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#541	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#548	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#541	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#634	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#447	8	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#516	6	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#611	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#613	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#493	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#605	4	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#554	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#306	10	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	12	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	12	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#268	16	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	9	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	8	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	16	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	21	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	15	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#276	11	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#289	9	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	7	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#255	11	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	5	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1965 and 2024, ranked in 55 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #220, first reached in 1974.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1968, and 31 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Liyanah · #1302, 14y
Liz · #291, 46y
Lizzie · #397, 30y
Lizzy · #834, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Neasa · #222, 60y
Kaj · #216, 55y
Sadia · #225, 52y
Alise · #213, 53y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Iman · #220, 55y
Mandy · #220, 54y
Arunas · #219, 30y
Attracta · #218, 16y

Liza was ranked #220 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1974. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Liza and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Liza without appearing here.

Liza moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2176 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1120 and #4684.
Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2226 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1245 and #4137.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1720 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2176 and #4739.
Pauline Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1815 and #1718 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1752 and #3936.

Moved ahead of Liza

Olive Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2189 and #2444 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3247 and #1313.
Mila Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1245 and #1442 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1722 and #799.
Ingrid Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1120 and #1628 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1783 and #1007.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1634 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2042 and #1313.

Moved the opposite way to Liza

Alexandra Compare
Between 1965 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Liza went from #325 to #873 while Alexandra went from #227 to #111.
Alice Compare
Between 1965 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Liza went from #325 to #873 while Alice went from #60 to #35.
Amelia Compare
Between 1965 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Liza went from #325 to #873 while Amelia went from #325 to #3.
Amy Compare
Between 1965 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Liza went from #325 to #873 while Amy went from #262 to #44.

Moved the same way as Liza

Alma Compare
Between 1965 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Liza went from #325 to #873 and Alma from #262 to #579.
Amanda Compare
Between 1965 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Liza went from #325 to #873 and Amanda from #129 to #471.
Andrea Compare
Between 1965 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Liza went from #325 to #873 and Andrea from #215 to #396.
Angela Compare
Between 1965 and 2017 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Liza went from #325 to #873 and Angela from #21 to #396.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #220 in Republic of Ireland in 1974. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Liza

Liza at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Liza across 3 official records

Liza by decade in Norway · Girls

Liza appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Liza and the names beside it

Liza moved ahead of

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Liza at a glance

Liza across 3 official records

Liza by decade in Norway · Girls

Liza appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Liza

Liza and the names beside it

Liza moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Liza

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