How rare is the name Lisette?

9,307 people in the United States have the first name Lisette, about 1 in 32,452. It ranks #2,583 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

LISETTE

#2,583

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,307
About
1 in 32,452
This common or more
80.3%
Who bears it

Of the 9,307 people named Lisette, 77% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 16.1% as White and 4.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lisette peaked in 1999, when 395 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18822025
Peak year
1999
Births that year
395
In 2025*
29 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,581 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Lisette by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,416. The largest share of babies named Lisette, 30.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#2,37517
1900s#3,84016
1910s#8,11821
1920s#10,82316
1940s#5,89274
1950s#3,412263
1960s#1,7591,048
1970s#1,4161,737
1980s#1,6011,670
1990s#1,5992,199
2000s#2,2231,776
2010s#5,068581
2020s#8,438163
Before 19010.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.5%
Silent Generation 1928–450.4%
Baby boom 1946–646.4%
Generation X 1965–8027.6%
Millennials 1981–9629.6%
Generation Z 1997–1230.4%
2013 and later5.1%

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 Lisette is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lisette has been most common in California (3.4×), New York (2.9×), and New Jersey (2.6×), and least common in North Carolina (0.16×).

7,330 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.

Exactly as common as Lisette

1 other first name also has 9,307 people.

#2,583 Nan · 9,307

Either side of Lisette

#2,581 Demetria · 9,313#2,582 Jian · 9,308#2,583 Nan · 9,307#2,585 Mable · 9,306

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lisette, most common first.

#2,242 Lizette · 11,619#2,531 Lissette · 9,600#7,491 Lizzette · 2,034#8,525 Liset · 1,699#10,998 Liseth · 1,185#11,176 Lizett · 1,162#14,160 Lissett · 837#16,856 Lisett · 663

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