Name profile

Liza

Short form of Elizabeth, Yelizaveta, Elisavet or Elisabed.

PronunciationEnglish /ˈlaɪ.zə/; English /ˈliː.zə/; Russian /ˈlʲi.zə/; Georgian /li.za/
Usage languagesEnglish, Georgian, Greek, Russian
US rank (2025)#1,643

Meaning and history

Short form of Elizabeth in English, Yelizaveta in Russian, Elisavet in Greek, or Elisabed in Georgian.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 103 births, rank #1,939
2007: 104 births, rank #1,971
2008: 108 births, rank #1,949
2009: 126 births, rank #1,733
2010: 93 births, rank #2,118
20112011: 101 births, rank #1,953
2012: 108 births, rank #1,859
2013: 114 births, rank #1,792
2014: 122 births, rank #1,714
2015: 126 births, rank #1,685
20162016: 115 births, rank #1,799
2017: 117 births, rank #1,779
2018: 126 births, rank #1,663
2019: 132 births, rank #1,608
2020: 116 births, rank #1,728
20212021: 138 births, rank #1,524
2022: 119 births, rank #1,742
2023: 126 births, rank #1,645
2024: 112 births, rank #1,796
20252025: 126 births, rank #1,643

Liza moved from #881 to #990 for girls between 1991 and 1992. Its highest annual birth count came in 1973, with 518 births.