Lisa
Girl · LEE-sa · Hebrew
Lisa is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is an oath”. In 2025 it ranked 672nd for girls in the UK (61 babies) and 987th for girls in the US (256 babies).
What does Lisa mean?
Hebrew: short form of Elizabeth
“my God is an oath”
A short form of Elisabeth; Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is believed to portray Lisa Gherardini.
- Say it
- LEE-sa
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Lisa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 61 girls in the UK and 256 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lisa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #672among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 61about 1 in 4,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 61 girls in the UK were named Lisa, making it the 672nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 892nd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 643 girls.
2025 had more girls named Lisa than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Lisa in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 661st in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1964 (#54), 1974 (#5), 1984 (#14) and 1994 (#79).
Lisa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #672 |
| 2024 | 50 | #810 |
| 2023 | 51 | #768 |
| 2022 | 40 | #936 |
| 2021 | 51 | #792 |
| 2020 | 43 | #892 |
| 2019 | 47 | #849 |
| 2018 | 36 | #1,050 |
| 2017 | 56 | #777 |
| 2016 | 58 | #752 |
| 2015 | 56 | #758 |
| 2014 | 68 | #647 |
| 2013 | 67 | #664 |
| 2012 | 75 | #620 |
| 2011 | 87 | #528 |
| 2010 | 99 | #476 |
| 2009 | 130 | #375 |
| 2008 | 112 | #423 |
| 2007 | 157 | #326 |
| 2006 | 143 | #338 |
| 2005 | 207 | #248 |
| 2004 | 193 | #256 |
| 2003 | 216 | #236 |
| 2002 | 243 | #195 |
| 2001 | 267 | #174 |
| 2000 | 328 | #156 |
| 1999 | 386 | #140 |
| 1998 | 445 | #121 |
| 1997 | 524 | #108 |
| 1996 | 643 | #92 |
How popular is Lisa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #987among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 256about 1 in 6,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 256 girls in the US were named Lisa, making it the 987th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,031st. Its busiest year was 1965, with 60,271 girls. It first appears in the records in 1886.
Half of all the girls named Lisa in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 1974, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 256 | #987 |
| 2024 | 264 | #984 |
| 2023 | 317 | #847 |
| 2022 | 290 | #930 |
| 2021 | 248 | #1,024 |
| 2020 | 243 | #1,031 |
| 2019 | 277 | #954 |
| 2018 | 308 | #877 |
| 2017 | 309 | #882 |
| 2016 | 346 | #829 |
| 2015 | 374 | #754 |
| 2014 | 378 | #740 |
| 2013 | 354 | #770 |
| 2012 | 398 | #706 |
| 2011 | 396 | #702 |
| 2010 | 396 | #712 |
| 2009 | 420 | #693 |
| 2008 | 510 | #603 |
| 2007 | 525 | #571 |
| 2006 | 609 | #500 |
| 2005 | 619 | #493 |
| 2004 | 710 | #427 |
| 2003 | 811 | #372 |
| 2002 | 830 | #359 |
| 2001 | 908 | #336 |
| 2000 | 1,088 | #294 |
| 1999 | 1,113 | #282 |
| 1998 | 1,364 | #230 |
| 1997 | 1,546 | #194 |
| 1996 | 1,864 | #168 |
| 1995 | 2,236 | #144 |
| 1994 | 2,564 | #123 |
| 1993 | 3,223 | #100 |
| 1992 | 3,781 | #88 |
| 1991 | 4,395 | #83 |
| 1990 | 5,347 | #64 |
| 1989 | 6,573 | #55 |
| 1988 | 7,267 | #43 |
| 1987 | 7,549 | #40 |
| 1986 | 7,907 | #40 |
| 1985 | 9,012 | #36 |
| 1984 | 10,238 | #29 |
| 1983 | 11,469 | #27 |
| 1982 | 12,637 | #23 |
| 1981 | 14,294 | #18 |
| 1980 | 15,664 | #16 |
| 1979 | 17,286 | #13 |
| 1978 | 17,033 | #11 |
| 1977 | 17,014 | #12 |
| 1976 | 17,346 | #9 |
| 1975 | 18,139 | #8 |
| 1974 | 19,778 | #8 |
| 1973 | 22,677 | #5 |
| 1972 | 27,543 | #3 |
| 1971 | 32,907 | #3 |
| 1970 | 38,967 | #2 |
| 1969 | 45,028 | #1 |
| 1968 | 49,534 | #1 |
| 1967 | 52,437 | #1 |
| 1966 | 56,918 | #1 |
| 1965 | 60,271 | #1 |
| 1964 | 54,270 | #1 |
| 1963 | 56,047 | #1 |
| 1962 | 46,069 | #1 |
| 1961 | 42,720 | #2 |
| 1960 | 33,693 | #6 |
| 1959 | 25,699 | #10 |
| 1958 | 20,202 | #19 |
| 1957 | 15,142 | #26 |
| 1956 | 11,012 | #31 |
| 1955 | 8,539 | #48 |
| 1954 | 5,913 | #73 |
| 1953 | 3,602 | #111 |
| 1952 | 2,842 | #126 |
| 1951 | 1,698 | #177 |
| 1950 | 1,175 | #220 |
| 1949 | 596 | #318 |
| 1948 | 468 | #364 |
| 1947 | 423 | #388 |
| 1946 | 327 | #426 |
| 1945 | 250 | #451 |
| 1944 | 193 | #519 |
| 1943 | 162 | #592 |
| 1942 | 124 | #672 |
| 1941 | 92 | #741 |
| 1940 | 89 | #734 |
| 1939 | 77 | #775 |
| 1938 | 79 | #792 |
| 1937 | 53 | #950 |
| 1936 | 47 | #1,003 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,307 |
| 1934 | 32 | #1,263 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,658 |
| 1932 | 40 | #1,130 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,393 |
| 1930 | 32 | #1,347 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,703 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,622 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,432 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,448 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,616 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,810 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,366 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,387 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,195 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,172 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,375 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,427 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,657 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,142 |
| 1914 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,465 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,656 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,634 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,277 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
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