first name
LISE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,940 people named Lise, 84.3% reported their origin as White, 7.2% as Black and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lise peaked in 1959, when 157 babies got the name.
At least 2,791 babies have been given the name since 1922. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Lise by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,614. The largest share of babies named Lise, 63.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lise is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lise has been most common in New Hampshire (19×), Maine (8.4×), and Connecticut (3.3×), and least common in Michigan (0.88×).
1,156 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lise
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lise, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lise ranks #129,045 of 156,621, with 138 people. See Lise as a last name
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