# Liisa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/liisa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 427 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 427 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 8 | 6,402 |
| 1975 | 8 | 6,855 |
| 1976 | 12 | 5,061 |
| 1977 | 11 | 5,713 |
| 1978 | 12 | 5,398 |
| 1979 | 14 | 4,971 |
| 1980 | 12 | 5,744 |
| 1981 | 9 | 7,117 |
| 1982 | 5 | 11,485 |
| 1983 | 6 | 9,692 |
| 1984 | 8 | 7,820 |
| 1985 | 6 | 10,051 |
| 1987 | 7 | 9,363 |
| 1989 | 8 | 9,252 |
| 1995 | 5 | 14,768 |

## People named Liisa

- Liisa Suihkonen, Finnish cross-country skier (1943–2025)
- Mona-Liisa Nousiainen, Finnish cross-country skier and accordionist
- Liisa Jaakonsaari, Finnish politician (born 1945)
- Liisa Kauppinen, Finnish lawyer and human rights activist
- Liisa Savijarvi, Canadian alpine skier
- Liisa Pakosta, Estonian politician (born 1969)
- Liisa Oviir, Estonian politician (born 1977)
- Liisa Hyssälä, Finnish dentist and politician
- Liisa Veijalainen, Finnish orienteer
- Liisa Past, Estonian cybersecurity expert (born 1980)
- Anna Kontula, Finnish politician
- Riitta Salin, Finnish sprinter

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.