# Liz (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/liz/  
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 | /lɪz/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,223 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,223 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 170, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 80 | 2,338 |
| 2012 | 87 | 2,178 |
| 2013 | 72 | 2,500 |
| 2014 | 64 | 2,728 |
| 2015 | 68 | 2,636 |
| 2016 | 84 | 2,282 |
| 2017 | 73 | 2,479 |
| 2018 | 79 | 2,319 |
| 2019 | 111 | 1,838 |
| 2020 | 161 | 1,359 |
| 2021 | 107 | 1,868 |
| 2022 | 194 | 1,244 |
| 2023 | 206 | 1,172 |
| 2024 | 169 | 1,355 |
| 2025 | 178 | 1,259 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | 3,218 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,454 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,326 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,575 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,302 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,639 |

## People named Liz

- Liz Sheridan, American actress (1929–2022)
- Liz Phair, American musician (born 1967)
- Liz Smith, British actress (1921–2016)
- Liz Torres, American actress
- Liz Vassey, American actress
- Liz Claiborne, American fashion designer (1929–2007)
- Liz Murray, American psychologist and writer
- Liz McClarnon, English singer, songwriter
- Liz Rose, American country songwriter
- Liz Carmouche, American mixed martial artist
- Liz White, English actress
- Liz Pichon, British artist and children's writer

## 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.