Lyza
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LY-za
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Lyza is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is an oath”. In 2025 it ranked 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Lyza mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Liza, a short form of Elizabeth
“my God is an oath”
Is Lyza a girl's or a boy's name?
Lyza is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lyza in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 7 girls.
Lyza in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
How popular is Lyza in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Lyza, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Lyza in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 161 girls in the US were given Lyza or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,227, up from #4,545 for this spelling alone.
- Liza 126
- Lyza 30
- Lizah 5
Lyza in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 46 | #3,387 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,583 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Names like Lyza
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Ayla, Hawa, Hiba, Zainab, Raya, Ayra, Amira, Khadija, Layla, Aiza
Other spellings of Lyza
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Lyza: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lyza, updated 20 October 2026.