# Lisa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lisa/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “locally integrated software architecture” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlisə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Lise |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 970,012 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,783 / 967,229 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,583, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Diminutive of Elisabeth in several European languages. The computer is named after Lisa Brennan-Jobs, officially explained as an acronym for “Locally Integrated Software Architecture”.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 396 | 704 |
| 2012 | 398 | 707 |
| 2013 | 354 | 771 |
| 2014 | 378 | 740 |
| 2015 | 374 | 755 |
| 2016 | 346 | 829 |
| 2017 | 309 | 882 |
| 2018 | 308 | 878 |
| 2019 | 277 | 955 |
| 2020 | 243 | 1,037 |
| 2021 | 248 | 1,026 |
| 2022 | 290 | 932 |
| 2023 | 317 | 848 |
| 2024 | 264 | 985 |
| 2025 | 256 | 991 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 44 | 1,456 |
| 1983 | 52 | 1,287 |
| 1984 | 46 | 1,414 |
| 1985 | 33 | 1,821 |
| 1986 | 31 | 1,946 |
| 1987 | 26 | 2,248 |
| 1988 | 38 | 1,807 |
| 1989 | 30 | 2,273 |
| 1990 | 14 | 4,106 |
| 1991 | 14 | 4,146 |
| 1992 | 11 | 5,110 |
| 1993 | 7 | 7,297 |
| 1994 | 13 | 4,698 |
| 1996 | 7 | 7,649 |
| 2000 | 7 | 8,759 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 77 | 541 |
| 2012 | 67 | 624 |
| 2013 | 56 | 712 |
| 2014 | 59 | 668 |
| 2015 | 52 | 745 |
| 2016 | 54 | 735 |
| 2017 | 52 | 764 |
| 2018 | 32 | 1,083 |
| 2019 | 41 | 881 |
| 2020 | 41 | 872 |
| 2021 | 49 | 755 |
| 2022 | 38 | 910 |
| 2023 | 49 | 734 |
| 2024 | 47 | 795 |
| 2025 | 57 | 661 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: لِيزَا
- Chinese: 麗莎 /丽莎
- French: Lise
- German: Lisa, Liese
- Greek: Λίζα
- Japanese: リサ
- Korean: 리사
- Russian: Ли́за

## People named Lisa

- Lisa Gerrard, Australian musician, singer and composer
- Lisa Kudrow, American actress (born 1963)
- Lisa Edelstein, American actress (born 1966)
- Lisa Ann, American radio host and former pornographic actress (born 1972)
- Lisa Bonet, American actress
- Lisa Randall, American theoretical physicist
- Lisa Nowak, American naval flight officer and NASA astronaut
- Lisa Raymond, American tennis player
- Lisa Leslie, American basketball player (born 1972)
- Lisa Su, American business executive and electrical engineer
- Lisa Ray, Canadian actress
- Lisa Lopes, American singer and rapper (1971–2002)

## 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.