Liesel
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Liesel is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Liesel mean?
Germanic
A diminutive of the female given name Elisabeth, from German.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Liesel a girl's or a boy's name?
Liesel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Liesel in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 6 girls.
Liesel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 2 | #7,494 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Liesel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,757th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Liesel, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,734th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 63 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the girls named Liesel in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Liesel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 39 | #3,734 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 43 | #3,558 |
| 2017 | 44 | #3,478 |
| 2016 | 52 | #3,139 |
| 2015 | 63 | #2,773 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,841 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
Names like Liesel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lyra, Lily, Freya, Lyla, Amelie, Zara, Harper, Mia, Willow, Scarlett, Luna, Myla
Names related to Liesel
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Liesel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/liesel, updated 20 October 2026.