first name
LIZ
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 23,084 people named Liz, 49.3% reported their origin as White, 40.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 4% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Liz peaked in 1961, when 664 babies got the name.
At least 10,223 babies have been given the name since 1930. 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.
Liz by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #949. The largest share of babies named Liz, 44.2%, 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 Liz is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Liz has been most common in Florida (2.5×), California (2.3×), and New Mexico (2.1×), and least common in North Carolina (0.21×).
7,440 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 Liz
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Liz, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Liz ranks #24,895 of 156,621, with 1,045 people. See Liz as a last name
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